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if you are thinking of fostering, this is for you – FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH

ByChantel May 4, 2022July 29, 2022

Welcome to Foster Care Awareness Month! Today I wanted to share some thoughts on questions for those who are thinking of …

FOSTER CARE

R2D2 Gets a Sidekick
ByChantel February 6, 2021

I had full intentions of writing a fostering update today. Next Saturday marks one year since R2D2 came into our home, I guess I’ll write that update next week, for now, here’s a mini (or not so mini) update. On Wednesday we got a call and on Thursday R2D2’s little sister came into our home….

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LIFE

2022 favorites
ByChantel January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

In the last year I have enjoyed sporadically making lists of favorites (only one of which is documented on this blog, the others were elsewhere). For 2023 I want to share either monthly or seasonal lists of favorites but first I think we need to recap my favorites from 2022. It’s a short but very…

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HOMESCHOOL | LIFE

Why I Want To Homeschool & Why We Aren’t (Exactly)
ByChantel April 2, 2015

Two and a half years ago I shared some thoughts that I had on public school vs private Christian school vs homeschool and at the time all three were very possible options. Raeca turns five this fall so I thought I’d do a bit of an update. In the last year or so we have…

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FOSTER CARE

We Survived the First Week!
ByChantel November 1, 2019

It’s officially been just over a week since we got Buzz and Woody* and we all survived! *My Instagram friend, Jessica from @theopenhome suggested we use those names for our online names for our first foster care placement and they are so perfect for these boys. Here’s a few random things from the first…

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LIFE

advocate // for the thirsty
ByChantel March 4, 2013

Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours. An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the average person in a developing country slum uses for an entire day. More than 3.4 million people die each year from water,…

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FAITH | LIFE

My Life Vision Statement
ByChantel August 25, 2014

I have been working lately at coming up with my life vision statement, inspired by the book Organized Simplicity and this post by Whitney. I didn’t get my vision statement as concise as I would like it and I am sure it will change and evolve over the next few years (because had I made one a…

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