Wow, 103 bags…43 over our original goal of 60 sweet cases! I love our community filled with friends from all different circles who came together for this event. Many thanks to our dear friends and family for financially supporting our fundraiser and for also being available to participate in our Sweet Case Build by stuffing […]
You’re a saint, people tell me. Well, no I’m not. Let me show you what can happen in my ordinary family and how the Lord still uses us to provide a loving home for children in foster care. As I sat in the airport with my family waiting to board our 3-hour evening flight home from […]
I sat along the wall of the classroom, suddenly not hearing anything the tutor was teaching the students about grammar. A text came that sent my excitement level up a few notches during a typical Monday at our Classical Conversations homeschool class. You know, the kind of text that makes all foster parents perk up and […]
Our swagger-wagon inched along…no, centimeter-ed along…in a long lineup of cars just one block away from the Disneyland main parking structure. It was 9:00 in the morning and this was only a glimpse of what was in store for us at our destination. Three boys sat in the back, crazy with anticipation for the exciting […]
With over 400,000 children in foster care at any one time, there is a HUGE need for foster families all the time. Will you be one of those families? If so, start seeking out how to become one. Ask me and I will direct you! Search the web or ask your local foster agency. If […]
It was the perfect plan. Baby J came in July for respite foster care and left 3 weeks later in August. We couldn’t start a long-term placement in the summer because of travel plans so God very temporarily brought us a 6-month-old baby boy. My boys ached for another baby in the house. They would help […]
Scared and frightened, a child clings to a piece of furniture in his abusive home. A kind police officer gently instructs him to help put his belongings in a black trash bag. The child is about to leave the only home he has ever known and he has nobody he knows to comfort him. But […]
Please don’t refer to me as Michelle… I’m her Mama. Our county social worker swung by this morning for her brief, monthly visit. She has to hold her, play with her, check for any developmental milestones/delays, and see if the baby has a diaper rash. She also tells me about any court updates regarding our […]
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NASB) And toil we did this last week, scrambling to make everything foster “safe” in the house according to regulations. Although it is heart-wrenching to see […]
We traveled about half an hour west to a visit with Baby M’s birth parents yesterday at a library. Our prearranged meeting time was 11:00, but due to bus delays and such, they still had not arrived by 11:30. So after calling back and forth, I decided to meet them where they were and have […]
