Us. vs Them. The ultimate dilemma in foster care and adoption. Advocating for both my son and my foster child’s best interest can be so tricky. Do you ever want to say, “Forget this advocacy nonsense, I’m going to FIGHT for what is right!”? Oh, it would be so easy to push ahead and not…
Read moreHope-A Poem (kinda…)
When the pain seems to suffocate you and leave you no place to breathe, He is there. When the agony of loss quiets your voice and tempers everything with darkness, He is there. When things seem to make no sense and keep spiraling out of control, He is there. When the mundane life things echo…
Read moreWrecked
Have you ever seen that movie Matilda? My sisters and I watched that frequently as kids. It’s a pretty good story. At one point, Matilda learned she has special powers to make objects move, turn lights on and off, and all the things weird like that. Sorry for the spoiler alert. I vividly remember being…
Read moreMy Yes
For some reason when you look at me you think my YES makes me perfect, but it doesn’t. I break like you; I process the hard just like you. With each new YES I know one day another good-bye will probably come. My social media doesn’t always show you what this journey is like because…
Read moreJoy in the milk aisle
We’ve been a legal family for a little over three weeks now. I don’t think we have quite come down from cloud 9 yet. Maybe it is the pandemic, because life hasn’t gone back to “normal” yet, or maybe the excitement just hasn’t truly worn off yet. I LOVE saying I have a SON. Not…
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