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Foster Parenting Isolation: Life Behind Emoji Masks
It was summer when I really noticed it. The crushing sequestration of living our new normal seemingly in secret. That’s the crazy thing about...
Adventures of the Lost Boys
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“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never...
Living In Between
They don’t have a name for it, really. This post-parenting feeling. Postpartum gets the closest in diagnosis:: anger, guilt, hopelessness, fatigue, fear. It comes...
Foster Faux Pas:: What Not to Say
As you can imagine, deciding to become a foster parent or even adopting from foster care is not an easy choice. It takes careful...
Fostering Sadie:: How Our Rescue Became a Foster Support Dog
There are all kinds of things tossed your way when you begin the journey to becoming a foster parent—and afterward. You are required to...
The Forgotten Moms:: Mothering is Never Temporary
Let’s be honest, friends. We’re friends, right? I had entirely different words all written. I wanted to tell you about how Mother’s Day flat...
Changing the Sheets
Less than an hour ago I held you for the last time. I felt your tears roll down my neck as you pressed your...
The Mess Behind the Mean Girl:: Dig a Little Deeper
Her name still makes my right eye twitch and the hair on my arms stand at attention. Theresa. Such a foul human being {I’m...
I’m Their Other Mother, but You’re Their Mom
An open letter to the mother of her foster children, from their "other" mother
I think of you often. I probably shouldn’t and I told...
An Open Letter of Love to Foster Grandparents
The road to adoption and foster care is paved with many players. Traveling the road solo is just not an option. Along the way,...