Author’s new book receives a warm literary welcome. A 5-Star rating was issued to the non-fiction release, which is sure to take reader’s down roads they never imagined they would go.
Tag: foster care
If the idea is to promote healing, educate and empower families to restore relationships and make a better future for themselves, then this is the direction we need to be telling the lawmakers to go.
Our love story is now ready for you to read from beginning to… well, the date of adoption. Everything after that is, um, here. *On my blog.* I can’t wait to hear what your favorite part of the book is. What made you cry? What made you laugh? Eep! I’m so excited…
I recommend that you take your time going through this list and checking every single service carefully. Sometimes a request to remove your information or adjust your settings takes a couple of business days. Keep track and make sure it comes down.
By creating a second, “secret” social media account to share your photos and stories… you haven’t averted the privacy/confidentiality agreement you signed with child welfare in your state. You’ve broken it. What have you recently shared that might need to be reworded, re-named, cropped, covered, or pulled down?
Your personal info is being handed out for free. To anyone – even outside of your social network. When I Googled myself, I panicked when I saw what was available. …And we thought the foster parenting background checks were invasive!
He didn’t fit into any boxes. Not ours, nor those in our community. So, we tossed out our prior expectations and started making new ones. Realistic ones. Succeeding in this new “woke” era would mean being flexible and compassionate—never assuming one’s outer expression could limit or otherwise define their inner potential.
Pills without a plan… is not a plan. The best plan for us and for our child is to equip him with the tools to handle and overcome challenges. That meant heavy-duty structure, not medication.
There were no lights in the closet. He thought spiders were crawling on him. The door was always locked. Still, he always checked it …just in case.
Despite some extraordinary events and discoveries, we accepted this boy from foster care. Day after day we accepted him. And we evolved from strangers to parents because of this. We are blessed to have done so. *A special poem for foster/adoptive parents.*