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The Foster Care System is Unpredictable & Our First Placement!

ByChantel October 25, 2019

Like I mentioned last week, our social worker told us to expect a call early this week. Rae was already disappointed when a call didn’t come on Friday. By the end of the day Monday she was devastated. She had pretty much reduced to a constant moan. Ha, I told her to enjoy the quiet…

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FOSTER CARE

“I Would Get Too Attached” – A Common Foster Care Concern

ByChantel October 20, 2019

Well, as of Thursday afternoon we are officially an approved foster family! Rae was hoping for a placement call on Friday and kept asking me what the odds of getting a call were, my answer was 50/50: either we get a call or we don’t. Thanks to Corner Gas for that wonderful logic:   “What…

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ADOPTION | FOSTER CARE

Why We Are Choosing to Foster (Instead of Adopting Again)

ByChantel October 6, 2019

We’ve had a number of people ask us in the last couple of months why we made the decision to start the process to become foster parents and specifically why foster care over another adoption, so, let’s chat about that! Next month marks five years since we adopted Ephraim! And while the journey to him was…

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FAITH | FOSTER CARE

This Isn’t Where We Were Supposed to Be Right Now (Literally)

ByChantel October 5, 2019

Last year I started saving for a big trip. Italy has been on my bucket list forever and I really wanted to make it happen. Jared and the kids were leaning towards France so I crunched some numbers and figured out approximately how much we would need to visit both countries for a couple of weeks and…

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FOSTER CARE | LIFE

A Little About a Lot

ByChantel August 28, 2019

The summer is drawing to an end and I totally didn’t mean to ignore this blog for the majority of the summer but that’s kind of how it ended up I guess. Even though it’s been quiet on the blog, a lot has been going on in our house and so today’s post is going…

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