My last post, “To Foster or Not to Foster” was 1.5 months ago. A lot has happened since then. The County gave my husband and I a long weekend to make a decision whether we would take a full time foster placement with the possibility of adoption if their efforts to reunify with mom areContinue reading “Him in My House”
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”
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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