A Weird Soul
“I don’t know how you do that” is a common sentiment that most foster parents hear through their time fostering. It’s usually followed with I couldn’t do that, I’d get too attached. The not-so-secret secret is: so do we. We get too attached. Our hearts break for our kids. And yes, they will always be …
November is Adoption Awareness month! President Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week; President Clinton expanded the awareness to the entire month of November. So let’s talk about 7 facts about adoption. 108,000 Kids are waiting to be adopted out of Foster Care: I talked a little on my mamashannan TikTok about what this number means. This …
So we’re still trying to finalize the details of the last placement, so that’s slowing down our house being back on the list in one of the main counties our agency gets referrals from. We are getting calls from other counties, but either the situation hasn’t been a good fit or we haven’t been picked. …
Today is a Foster Care Soundtrack Saturday. It’s not often you find songs specifically about Foster Care. So either it was a good guess, or Spotify is creeping on me. Either way, I’m glad this wound up in my discovery list a couple weeks ago and I knew it needed a Soundtrack Saturday. See if …
My husband and I keep saying Kids by Christmas, becasue we think it would be fun to have kids during the holiday and help them make good moments in a bad one. So we had our first meeting with our caseworker. This is the person that does all our interviews and our home study so …
So one of the things I want to do here is talk about our foster care experience. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since college, and thankfully, my husband is on board. I never was the girl that couldn’t wait to have babies, but I’ve always wanted kids. When I found out there was a …