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  • Post-relinquishment

    Last week at this time, we got a call from the social worker telling us that the court had ordered for our foster baby to go to a new guardian. We knew it was coming but when she told me, the officiality of it all hit m…

  • We'll Miss Her Little Kisses

    Our foster baby will probably be leaving us at the end of this week. It's about 98% certain. We are making her a photo album, and I've written her the following letter, so that she will know what life was like for her …

  • It happens so fast

    In a child’s life, things are always developing, changingand evolving. When you finally make noteof it, you realize that it’s actually been happening for at least a few days, aweek, a few weeks! It was that way t…

  • I had myself a good cry tonight. It's been a long time since that has happened. I've been feeling really tired and exhausted and angry lately. The exhaustion is on the surface, but the anger is deep, down in there som…

  • She walked!

    She finally did it. Fifteen steps across our living room. Our baby girl had a major milestone with us today! We hugged her and jumped up and down with her. It was quite the triumphant moment. Hurray! (wish I could …

  • The Stretching Pattern for Fostering

    One of the harder things about foster parenting is not the actual parenting part but the fostering part. We are taking care of this little one and loving her as our very own. We do not limit the love we lavish on her …

  • Those who know how to parent

    "The only ones who know how to parent are the ones who do not have children." I saw this quote a few weeks before I became a parent. Even then, I laughed because it is so true! When you're not a parent and have never …

  • On our knees

    At church on Sunday, we sang a song by Hillsong United called "Hosanna". Something about the words really stirred my heart... maybe because it's a song envisioning the things of God's heart. I see a generation Rising u…

  • And then there were three

    I got the phone call on Tues afternoon. Our agency rep told me that they had a baby girl at the P Center who needed to be placed in a foster home, would we be interested? (Inside, I thought, "really??!") I was pretty …

  • And now we just wait

    "Just think, next week at this time!" Sam had said last week. I completed his sentence, "We might not be looking at an empty crib anymore." We got CPR and First Aid certified on Saturday. Things have changed since th…