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I’m going to approach this round of foster parenting much different than I have in the past. With our last foster child, I just knew we were going to get to adopt him. I felt it in my heart, I heard it from the lawyer and caseworker, and I let my heart go. But then it . . . → Read More: Foster parenting for THEM, not for US Here we go again! It’s been 7 months since Little Bear left us to go to another foster home when we moved away from Texas. The awesome news update is that he is going to be adopted by his foster parents! From what I know of them, they are an incredible couple who have wanted desperately . . . → Read More: Foster Care in North Carolina I’ve got a post I want to write, but I just don’t know where to start. I’ve had a heavy heart for quite some time and I want to get this out. Forgive me if this is not a neatly organized thought process, but I just have a lot running through my head. So here we . . . → Read More: Tugging at my heartstrings I probably shouldn’t admit this in public, but I haven’t done laundry in a week and a half! I re-use my after-shower towel for a few days before I wash it since I’m clean when I use it and I hang it up to dry. Lovebug has about 50 pairs of panties since her sensory issues . . . → Read More: I actually miss the laundry I’ve been wanting to write this for 2 weeks, but I keep wavering back and forth on whether or not I should. Would writing about it do any good? Or am I just venting? If I am just venting, it’s my blog so that’s ok anyway, right? I finally decided I just want to get it . . . → Read More: I just had to get this out… “The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” ~ Job 1:21 Our sweet Little Bear left us last Thursday. It was time. CPS made it abundantly clear that he was not going to be available for adoption anytime in the foreseeable future. We are moving in just a . . . → Read More: He gives and takes away Last night I met the couple that will soon become the new foster parents of our Little Bear. This little boy that we’ve raised for all of his almost-9 months will soon be a blessing to another family. He was never meant to stay with us, even though I let myself believe otherwise for so long. . . . → Read More: The Middle Mom A couple nights ago, I wrote this: Tonight I have peace. God’s peace. I’ve spent the last hour looking through pictures of our previous foster kids. Of the day they arrived in our home. Seeing them grow and learn. A video of a 2.5 year old completing her first puzzle and saying “Mommy I did . . . → Read More: He knows your name! I gave Hubby a card recently that said that. I thought it was perfect for this new Army adventure we are going on. We are in the last 90 days before we will be moving, but we don’t know yet where we are going. The same applies to our foster baby. God knows his future, even . . . → Read More: God doesn’t lead you anywhere He hasn’t already been I wrote a few days ago about how upset I was at the thought of losing our precious foster baby boy. Today, by the grace of God, I am feeling much more at peace with the situation. I prayed, my friends prayed, and I went back to the Bible where God first told us to say . . . → Read More: You can’t lose what you never owned  |
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