The goal of foster care, if you ask anyone involved or if you've had any of the training, is to reunify the child with the biological family. That doesn't always happen as you know. However, the goal, until the goal changes, is to reunify. With that goal in mind, the first step in meeting that… Continue reading The Journey- The Calm Before The Storm
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The Journey- Inside the Lisa Frank Folder
There I stood in my living room completely overwhelmed. I was overwhelmed with the medications sitting on my counter that I was to give her. Also, I was overwhelmed in the amount of clothing, diapers, baby toys, and much more that she came with. Most children in foster care come with only the clothing they… Continue reading The Journey- Inside the Lisa Frank Folder
The Journey- An Open Home with Unopened Boxes
February 9, 2018 was the day. It was finally move in day. I was more than ready to be in our own space, with all my people (dogs included) under one round roof. With moving truck in tow, we headed up the hill to our new humble abode or what we now call, "The Round… Continue reading The Journey- An Open Home with Unopened Boxes
The Journey- Prayers of Protection
So here we are, back to square one. The only reminder that at one point we were foster parents was the large stack of papers sitting on my kitchen counter. That file loomed over me. It was like those portraits you walk by and the person's eyes follow you no matter where you go. Yeah,… Continue reading The Journey- Prayers of Protection
The Journey – Dragging My Feet
Finally, we had finished 90% of all the requirements to open up our home for foster care. The house search was continually causing us to come up empty handed. We were finally at a place I had been so impatient to get to. Yet, here I was with a stubborn attitude. Any time I feel… Continue reading The Journey – Dragging My Feet
If Jochebed Could Do It, I Knew I Could Too
There was a place in our foster journey when I knew I had to prepare my heart to let her go. I was in a place of no control. My anxiety was spilling over onto my kids. I quite frankly, had to get it together. God placed the story of Moses and his mother Jochebed… Continue reading If Jochebed Could Do It, I Knew I Could Too
The Journey-When That Familiar Voice Speaks
We had praised God through that year. Thankfully, 2016 was behind us at this point. The months of pain, work, sorrow, and down right misery at times were surprisingly behind us. We had been given hope. A hope that we knew only Christ could give us. We were unsure of where to start but indeed… Continue reading The Journey-When That Familiar Voice Speaks
