My husband and I took a 6-month-old foster baby at the end of March. He was a foster to adopt because his mom is young and dad is MIA. I was given horrible advice of: “You will know if the first 4 weeks if you want to adopt him.” We were already feeling a littleContinue reading “Our Foster Baby”
Category Archives: Foster Care
To Adopt or Not To Adopt
This very popular phrase was written by Shakespeare and performed in Hamlet. In his soliloquy, Hamlet says, “To be or not to be: that is the question.” The ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy is essentially about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (orContinue reading “To Adopt or Not To Adopt”
We Are Tired
Too tired to think of a better title. Four weeks ago our family cycled through COVID: first I got it. Then our 1-year-old got it. Then Dad got it. It took us out for about 4 weeks. Just when we started turning the corner, we agreed to do respite for a family over the 4thContinue reading “We Are Tired”
Power and Responsibility: Foster care – Caring for Other People’s Children
On Friday afternoon, I got a call from an unknown number. Usually I avoid these calls, but for some reason this day I decided to answer. “Is this Katie? We have a 4-week-old foster baby who’s ready to be picked up from NICU. Would you be able to take him?” My immediate response is excitement.Continue reading “Power and Responsibility: Foster care – Caring for Other People’s Children”
The Decision To Do Foster
Growing up there were two girls in my class of 100 who were adopted (that I knew of). Nobody in my immediate family did foster care or discussed foster/adoption. So it was never on my radar — nor the radar of my husband. About three years ago I started volunteering with ‘high-risk’ (female) teenagers. OneContinue reading “The Decision To Do Foster”
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