Category: adoption
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Foster Adoption: Sense of Humor Required
This adventure with two new kids in the family requires a sense of humor. Thankfully, Ken has that in spades, and his humor helps me keep my sanity. I’ve managed not to actually pull out my hair (yet!) but there are times I’ve considered it. The non-stop dirt bike sound effects make me a little…
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Foster Adoption is Exhausting!
I planned to post this last week, but when everything happened with my dad, I put it on hold. I’m publishing it now with no changes/updates from how I originally wrote it, so it’ll make more sense if you pretend you’re reading this last Wednesday. ————————-A blog reader who is a fairly new foster mom,…
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Goodbye Visit + the Question {Foster Adoption}
Last week, my phone rang and the little voice on the end belonged to 5-year-old Scout: “Hi, Ms. Jamie. We just had our goodbye visit, and I wanted to ask if you would be our new family.” Tears sprang to my eyes and I clamped my hand over my mouth so I didn’t lose my…
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Our Weekend Visit {Foster Adoption}
Friday afternoon, Ken and Kathryn went to pick up the kids up for the weekend. I’d been praying that we’d get the TPR order (to terminate parental rights) before we had the children for the weekend so that we’d have a little more clarity on this whole foster-adopt situation. All these if’s are hard to…
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Two More Kids {Foster Adoption}
Kathryn’s words after meeting the kids: “Our lives will never be quiet if we adopt those two, but — I love them!“ I think that pretty much sums it up. Last week was the kids’ 1st visit to our house. That day, the weather was perfect, so we played outside as much as possible. The…