Adoption & Foster Care

February 20, 2017  On Foster Care And Bubbles
September 21, 2016  To The Adoptive Families Who Appear Normal
September 4, 2016  Sometimes I Wish I Was Their Only Mama
June 12, 2016  Texas Kids Are Sleeping In CPS Offices...Please #BecomeAFosterParent
May 31, 2016  So We Adopted Our Kids Last Week...Now What?
May 25, 2016  A Letter To My Kids On Adoption Day
April 24, 2016  We Have Our Adoption Date!
January 29, 2016  Update On Our CPS Case
December 3, 2015  A Letter From Mama #3 To My Baby's Mama #2
November 11, 2015  Guest Post From Trent - Permanency In Foster Care
November 2, 2015  What The Heck Is Going On With Our CPS Case
August 13, 2015  Company On Foster Care Island
August 4, 2015  Field Notes From The Rocking Chair
July 21, 2015  I Take It Back
July 17, 2015  Our First Week With Three Kids Under Three
July 14, 2015  An Excerpt From My Journal About Loving This New Child
June 26, 2015  The Day We Met Our Third Child
June 23, 2015  Futral, Party of Five...AKA The REAL Reason We Bought A Minivan
April 29, 2015  Case [Not] Closed
April 22, 2015  The Hardest Part Of Foster Care - Guest Post From Ashley
March 15, 2015  Random Thoughts From My Foster Parent Brain
March 2, 2015  And Then There Are Days When CPS Takes Over
February 18, 2015  Update On Our CPS Case
February 13, 2015  Thoughts Foster Parenting Makes Me Think That I Otherwise Wouldn't
February 5, 2015  Oh What A Year It Has Been
January 22, 2015  Foster Care And Your Tax Return
December 2, 2014  Bittersweet
November 13, 2014  I Need You To Do Me A Favor
November 5, 2014  How I Have Repeatedly Failed My Kids And Only Just Now Realized It
October 25, 2014  The Day Foster Life Got Me Down, Taylor Swift Lifted Me Back Up And My Car Got A Beating
October 1, 2014  Tips For The First Night And First Week Of A New Foster Placement
September 27, 2014  CPS Purgatory AKA The Middle Is Maddening
September 21, 2014  Our Experience As Middle Class Foster Parents Navigating Low Income Systems
September 2, 2014  The "We Have Bigger Fish To Fry" Mentality In Foster Care
August 10, 2014  Happy Birthday & Heart Dump
August 6, 2014  Six Months In - Reflections On Foster Parenting So Far
July 29, 2014  Get Me To The Court On Time
July 25, 2014  Permanency Conferences Be Like Whoa...
July 20, 2014  Update On Our Kids' CPS Case
July 17, 2014  Can We Talk About Parent Visits Again?
July 15, 2014  Foster Parent Playlist
July 12, 2014  Sometimes This Foster Mama Needs An Attitude Adjustment
July 7, 2014  In Which I Realize How Weird This Foster/Adopt Decision Is
June 17, 2014  My Mama Necklace
May 29, 2014  The Inevitable Hurt In Foster Care And Why It's Worth It
May 26, 2014  May Is National Foster Care Month
May 21, 2014  Forgetful People Should Not Be Foster Parents
May 16, 2014  She Smiles In Her Sleep
May 11, 2014  My First Mother's Day
May 6, 2014  In Which I Get A Lil Bit Annoyed With CPS
May 3, 2014  The Day I Denied These Kids Were "Really Ours"
April 29, 2014  When He Cries For Mama But Doesn't Mean Me
April 26, 2014  A Letter To Our Foster Kids' Mom
April 25, 2014  What Are We Going To Do If They Go Home?
April 16, 2014  Can We Talk About The Money Part Of Foster Care Again?
April 4, 2014  There Are Young Crazy Foster People Out There Like Us
March 24, 2014  So This Is Love...
March 21, 2014  We're Not Trying To Steal Someone Else's Kids
March 19, 2014  Discovering The Definition Of "Run Ragged"
March 10, 2014  A Day In The Life Of A Foster Parent
March 6, 2014  Let's Talk About Parent Visits
February 28, 2014  Dear Medicaid
February 25, 2013  I'm Now The Person With The Food Stamp Card In The Grocery Store Line
February 23, 2014  What It's Like To Have Someone Else's Child Call You Mama
February 19, 2014  Pep Talks, Peace and Palpable Anxiety
February 18, 2014  OMG! Appointments!
February 13, 2014  Reflections On Our First Week As A Foster Family
February 6, 2014 Instafam - Our First Night With Two Kids
January 30, 2014  CPS Called. We Missed It.
January 27, 2014  In Which I Bare My Soul About...Babies
January 17, 2014  CPS Nuts & Bolts - Timeline Of A Case aka How Long Might These Kids Be With Us
January 12, 2014  A Letter To The Children Who Will Soon Come To Our Home
January 9, 2014  Our House Rules Are Cuter Than Your House Rules
January 8, 2014  Foster/Adopt "Maternity" Photo Shoot
January 1, 2014  2014 New Year's Resolution-Do My Best
December 31, 2013  2013 New Year's Resolution Update AND We Are Licensed!
December 5, 2013  CPS Nuts & Bolts - People Involved
December 1, 2013  Wait A Minute, Don't Foster Parents Get Money?
November 21, 2013  To The Mother I Saw In The Grocery Store
November 17, 2013  Overwhelmed By Generosity aka "I Told You She'd Cry"
November 9, 2013  Home Study Complete, And Now We Wait
October 31, 2013  Learning To Expect Delays But Not Lose Heart
October 17, 2013  Foster Training Is Complete, Next Up: Home Study
October 11, 2013  Why We Don't Want You To Congratulate Us On Our First Foster Placement
October 4, 2013  Confidentiality In Foster Care
September 30, 2013  Cha-Ching! How Much Does It Cost To Get Ready For Foster Care?
September 25, 2013  The Awkward, Expensive And Amazing Experience Of Having Someone Else Clean Our House
September 8, 2013  Y'all, Our Foster Parent Training Begins This Week!
August 11, 2013  Visible Blessings In Our Kids' Rooms
July 31, 2013  Miscellaneous Life Updates
June 24, 2013  When Fear Creeps In aka What The HECK Are We Thinking?!
June 22, 2013  "I Could Never Be A Foster Parent"
June 20, 2013  Baby Closet Is Done
June 17, 2013  Hidden Blessings In Our Kids' Rooms
June 11, 2013  "So, Are You Ever Going To Have A Baby?"
June 10, 2013  "You're Going To Have Your Own Kids, Right?"
May 25, 2013  Summer DIY List aka Getting Our House Ready For Kids
May 23, 2013  Can We Borrow Your Kids?
May 14, 2013  Foster Care Round 2
May 4, 2013  Adoption Spotlight - One Less Orphan, One More Trimble
April 21, 2013  Foster Care Pause Again, Plus A Heartfelt FYI
March 30, 2013  Toddler Fever
March 18, 2013  Staring At Bedrooms
March 10, 2013  Our New Foster Care Plan Of Action
January 11, 2013  Our Theme Song, aka Air Guitar & Purple Paint Powder
January 8, 2013  Foster Care Pause Button
January 2, 2013  New Year's Resolution 2013
December 21, 2012  Why Foster Care?
December 20, 2012  Why Not Regular Domestic Or International Adoption?
December 18, 2012  Our Neighbor Kids
December 15, 2012  Keep Calm And Carry On
December 13, 2012  When Your Foster Agency Drops Out From Under You
December 8, 2012  Be The Change
November 27, 2012  Foster Care And Adoption Are Scriptural
November 26, 2012  How's Foster Stuff Going? ...It's Not
November 10, 2012  The Little Engine That Could - A Gift From My Mom
November 8, 2012  The Red Folder
October 31, 2012  Why Not Biological Children? - Guest Post From Trent, The Expectant Foster Daddy
October 26, 2012  Foster Process Organization Station
October 22, 2012  Foster Care Bummer - Our Girls Can't Babysit For Us
October 17, 2012  My Favorite Reaction So Far
October 14, 2012  God's Plan For Growing Our Family

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