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”
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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”