“She’s ready to be picked up.” Words that I’ve heard a hundred times. As a foster parent of almost nine years, this phrase is nothing new to me. It’s what we do. There’s a call, there’s a need, we can fill it, we pick them up. However, this was so different. This was […]
Light at the End of the World’s Longest Tunnel
Ok that title might be a tad dramatic. In the scheme of things, 18 months is not terribly long. In fact, it’s pretty fast considering all that was accomplished. A nonprofit started, a house found and furnished, a staff of 20 hired and trained, a program established, support gained from LA county, licensure and certification […]
Hurry up and Wait
“Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we’re waiting for” -Charles Stanley- For the last year and a half, Keith and I have been in a state of rush. We rushed to launch our non profit. We moved as fast as we could to fundraise. We worked quickly to complete […]
A letter to my Daughter
My sweet girl,You celebrated your second birthday last month. And in a couple of weeks, we will celebrate two years of having you in our home. This is HUGE. This is extremely emotional. This is a post I NEVER thought I’d be able to write. You see, you were only supposed to stay in our […]
I guess 8 months is enough time for an update…
To say blogging has been a struggle lately would be a gross understatement. It’s not that there hasn’t been anything to blog about, because there certainly is- it’s that life is happening so quickly, and time seems to be slipping away. Let’s do a quick recap of the last 8 months….1. We found a house […]
A Word from the Bios
Our biological children are 6 and 8. They were 2 and 4 when we got our first placement (who we would later go on to adopt). I would be lying if I said I was never worried about how our decision to do foster care or adopt would affect them. While we were in the […]
