As I write this, we are driving back from Florida. The journey home from somewhere always feels longer than the journey there (is it just me?). It doesn’t help that we are leaving 80 degrees to go back to the start of winter weather. I realized that I don’t always...
When fostering comes up, this is the most common objection that I hear. “I could never foster, I would get too attached and it would break my heart.” And honestly I get it. Right now my heart is still hurting over a placement of only 4 months, that we knew most likely...
Lately our new home feels extra big. And a bit empty. Many of the things we had out when we first moved have been put away in the closet or basement. This blog post has taken me a long time to write. I have changed and erased and started over many times. A few weeks...
Even with the recent craziness in our lives (read here), we have still been homeschooling. With moving and a family vacation at the beginning of September we officially plan to start Kindergarten when we get back! This past year we have been we have been using Voyage...
Just a short tidbit tonight... I have never felt the phrase “wearing your heart outside of your body” more than I do now. I did feel it with my other two kiddos, to an extent..but now…this IS foster care. Having your life turned upside down overnight. Loving so deeply...
Dear Mama, If you are in the midst of raising littles I wish I could sit down with you over a big cup of coffee and chat with you…because chances are you’ve had moments (or even a season) of feeling like you are drowning, you are completely alone, and or you are at...
Our little world has turned upside down over the last two months. Right now, if you stop by unannounced (or even sometimes if it’s planned), it might look like a tornado blew through. And more likely than not there will be at least one (probably the youngest) child...
Big changes have come to our home over the last week. We’ve added a new member to our family. It’s been heartbreaking, chaotic, exhausting, but also beautiful. Being able to open up our home to children who need a safe and loving space has been on my heart for years...
The other night I was up again with my sweet baby boy. My eyes could barely stay open from exhaustion and my arms ached from holding him upright as his tiny little body shook from another coughing fit. My heart just breaks for him and I want him to get better. In that...
As I write this from my mother-in-law’s dining room (this is being posted a week and a half later), there are 5 little children and a few adults gathered around the kitchen island as she rolls out dough and prepares cinnamon rolls for breakfast. It’s quiet right now,...