the frustrating side of foster care – possibly the LAST FOSTER CARE UPDATE
It’s been a ride on the foster care roller coaster this last month, so here’s a bit more of an update. Crazy to think this may be our last foster care update.
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It’s been a ride on the foster care roller coaster this last month, so here’s a bit more of an update. Crazy to think this may be our last foster care update.
spending lots of time at the park with Raeca wishing we weren’t being engulfed by forest fire smoke devouring this blog I stumbled upon (seriously, check it out!) hoping for a relaxing weekend stressing over all that I need to do next week waiting for our referral praying for dreams to be realized loving the hot weather we’ve been having noticing every “that”…
Welcome back to the second installment of my educational gift guide series! Today I wanted to share some of my favorite gift ideas for kids in elementary. Once again the things on this list are things we either own and love or are really high on my to-buy-very-soon list. I could have shared way more…
A couple of weeks ago Raeca planted wildflowers in a couple of little pots and while we were sitting on the deck doing the planting I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of seeds I am planting now. Am I planting seeds of encouragement, forgiveness and love or impatience, anger and fear? I know from experience that…
Last week was Ephraim’s seventh birthday! Honestly, I always get a little teary on his birthday when I think about how we missed the first year and a half of his life but I’m so thankful that we’ve been able to spend the last five and a half together. Since we weren’t doing a party…
As much as I love using my big DSLR camera I’m constantly impressed with the quality of pictures I can get just from my phone camera. And that camera has one major benefit: I have it with me wherever I go. One of my favorite things to photograph with my phone are silhouettes. I find…
We listen to a lot of audiobooks in our home. I’ve admitted before that this is mainly because I am not great at reading chapter books aloud, and also because I like a fairly quite lunch time. I’ve written a whole list of tips and tricks from when we use audiobooks to how we get…