A few years ago (I’ll decline to tell you exactly how many) I set a goal to run a marathon (yes, the full 26.2 miles) before I turned 30 years old. I had run several half-marathons, so the natural progression was to run the full 26.2. It was an ambitious goal based on pride and … Continue reading Foster Care is not a Sprint→
I often find myself in these conversations. They start something like this: “My husband and I have thought about doing foster care so many times. It’s just not the right time in our lives… Maybe when we have a bigger house… Maybe when our youngest is older… But I just don’t think I could do … Continue reading You probably shouldn’t be a foster parent→
This is part 3 in our series Foster Care 101. View Part 1. View Part 2. When you were graduating high school, you probably went to a variety of different colleges for visits. You asked a lot of questions, you toured, you interviewed them as much as they interviewed you. When you moved to a … Continue reading Foster Care 101 Part 3: Three Considerations when Choosing a Foster Care Agency→
*This information is for foster care based in Nebraska. Other states may have different regulations or processes. So you’ve been watching from the sidelines for awhile. Maybe you’ve been waiting for your littlest to grow a few years older. Maybe you’ve been waiting until the extra bedroom is added on. Maybe you have friends who … Continue reading Foster Care 101- Part 1→
I remember vividly when my daughter was born over a decade ago. I remember seeing my very own heart beating and operating outside of my body as she wailed until the nurses placed her in my arms. As her dark blue eyes found mine and her tears dried from her bright red face, one … Continue reading On Loving and Letting Go→
Have you ever worked really hard on something, but no one noticed or said anything? One time when I was a kid, I had my mom check my math homework, and she complimented me on my precise and neat handwriting. I worked very hard every assignment after that to be sure that my handwriting was … Continue reading The God Who Sees→
In my first post I shared that God has changed my heart in big ways through foster care, and I wanted to share one of these ways with you. I started foster care with the attitude that this child needed to be adopted by us, the sooner the better, and that birth parents were clearly … Continue reading Being OK With Auntie→
As I’m sure is true of most prospective foster parents, we had our share of expectations going into this. We expected it would be challenging to our family dynamic (that’s an understatement). We expected to be frustrated with birth parents (beyond frustrated sometimes!). We expected it would be budget stretching, emotionally exhausting, marriage building (or … Continue reading The Most Unexpected Hurt→
As I think back on why my husband and I chose to do foster care, I can remember the moment. We had been trying for several months to get pregnant with our second child. We had a 3 year old and had lost one to miscarriage a few years prior. When things didn’t move along … Continue reading Puzzle Pieces→
