(Continued from "Foster Care: Becoming Foster Parents")I answered the phone and from the other end came the jovial voice of a man who introduced himself as one of our area's RFCs. He wanted to get to know a little bit more about our family, why we were in foster care, the kinds of placements we … Continue reading Foster Care: Our First Bonus Kiddo
Author: jessbuildingjoy
Foster Care: Becoming Foster Parents
We're foster parents. Have I said that on our blog yet? We've always wanted to be foster parents, always planned to be foster parents, but thought we would do it later on and just foster teens. We started the process by meeting with a recruiter in January 2013. Then we were chosen for our "failed … Continue reading Foster Care: Becoming Foster Parents
Our Options
Right after Noah left I knew it was time for another surgery for my endometriosis, so in February I had my fifth pelvic laparoscopy. The thing about these surgeries (other than that they stop my pain for about 6-8 months) is that our best chances of getting pregnant are in the few cycles after surgery. … Continue reading Our Options
Frantic
For 5 months I had given Noah constant line-of-sight care. I knew what every look, every sound, every movement meant. We took extreme measures to keep him from getting sick. Except for hospital stays and appointments with specialists Noah didn't leave the house and neither did I. I left our house only three times while … Continue reading Frantic
The Second Set of Adoption Papers (pt. 2)
I've been avoiding writing this second post. I didn't plan to go into so much detail on the last one, but it came out, caught me off guard and all the emotion flattened me. It's taken a while to recover from reliving some of that and then feel strong enough to do it all again. … Continue reading The Second Set of Adoption Papers (pt. 2)
Jess Building Joy 