Twelve. One of the numbers that represents completeness in the Bible. The 12 disciples, the 12 sons tribes of Israel, 12 gates in heaven and 12 angels guarding them, and more. 12 doughnuts make a dozen, a complete box. This month marks a full 12 years of being a certified foster parent. My husband and […]
No fanfare, no farewell party, and no last goodbye hugs from our family and friends. That’s how Baby D left us on Wednesday evening. In the midst of this coronavirus quarantine, we were left to say goodbye on our own, foster family to birth family. Several friends and family contacted me to try to say […]
I was being selfish, wanting freedom from mommy-ing a toddler. We only take in sweet babies so they stay put when you put them down and you don’t have to chase after them, making sure they don’t take apart your drawers and everything else. She was supposed to have gone back to her birth family […]
In the United States, today is Memorial Day, the day we remember those who sacrificed their lives on behalf of the freedom of our beloved country. For the sake of our country, they served. For the sake of family, they bled. For the sake of strangers, they persevered. Why? Because of their LOVE for family […]
I didn’t really want to say yes. When the text appeared from my foster agency’s intake worker on Tuesday morning around 10:30 asking me if I would be interested in taking a short-term placement of a 3-month-old baby girl, I couldn’t get excited this time. There was no good excuse. It would potentially only […]
A toddler boy walked through my door into my house with only the clothes on his back and no shoes. He didn’t show any fear and was quick to assimilate into our life for two days. Maybe he wondered why he was here and what happened to his mommy, but couldn’t put his thoughts […]
Advocating for foster care is a passion of mine so I jumped at this opportunity when God urged my friend to send me a text one day. A couple of months ago, my dear friend Monica invited me to share my fostering journey with a group of young Chinese university women. They arrived in Southern […]
The tears that brimmed my eyes surprised me as I thought of my beautiful Baby S beginning her unsupervised longer visits with her birth parents and extended family members. I rejoiced that I no longer had to sit at a food court in the mall for hours, but I actually enjoyed that alone time […]
If you have ever prayed for our foster children… If you have ever babysat our foster children… If you have ever offered anything… If you have ever provided a meal for us when our babies arrive… If you have ever held our foster babies… If you have ever played with our foster children… If […]
Suicidal, difficult, troubled, hopeless, provocative, failure, harmful to others, dropout, no future, unattached… Yes, those descriptions bother me, too. Would you willingly throw yourself into a position to parent someone who exhibits one or all of those behaviors? Perhaps. Sweet, tender, tiny, newborn, life, giggly, cuddly, cute, dependent, beginning, hopeful future, attached… Now these […]