Two Babies cases are wrapping up. We will be adopting baby boy next month. 🙂 And baby girl will be going to another adoptive home. We found out at the beginning of June that baby girl wouldn't be able to go home. I had decided early on in her case that if for some reason … Continue reading The final chapter of Two Babies
Every time we go out we get asked at least once if Two Babies is twins. Usually I just say yes to avoid the explanation. They're not twins. They're not even biologically related. They were born a day apart. Baby girl was placed into foster care in our home, came the typical foster care way, … Continue reading The story of Two Babies
Tonight is our little bonus buddy's last night in our home. Tomorrow morning we say goodbye and take him to live with his forever family. Fostering is hard. Being a good foster parent means constantly making choices that are going to be the best for these littles you love, even when it means breaking your … Continue reading Bonus Buddy’s Last Night
While writing the last post (Talking to Kids About Foster Care) I realized there was a lot more I wanted to cover about the topic. I covered how we explain difficult things in an age appropriate way to our four-year-old. Here are the things we tell her but in a very general way to protect … Continue reading Talking to Kids About Foster Care, pt. 2
Something I've found that helps in my healing is taking sporadic breaks from social media. Sometimes I need to shut out the rest of the world, wrap myself up in real life, and hunker down with my little family, having nothing but in person interaction. Then if I want to update people on something I'll … Continue reading Introducing our son, Ezra!
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