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So, as you may, or may not know, we have had a lot of changes and upheaval in our household in the past year. We moved to a new community, one son graduated from college in the spring and then in the fall he moved overseas for two years, the other older son is back in...

So if you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you probably know that I homeschool. Obviously, I understand you cannot homeschool a foster placement (except possibly in some very special exceptions), but want to just put this out there especially if you are moving...

So let’s take a few minutes and talk about the Foster Friendly App. Many of you might be aware of it but some of you might not. And I am embarrassed to admit that I just recently found out about it…but I am so excited to share this with you! Most of us are probably...

So this post might be a little shorter than normal… for two reasons: it’s the holidays and people are busy and probably not very many of you if you want to sit down and read a long blog post. And secondly, what I have to suggest is fairly simple and straightforward....

Now you might be wondering about me, since my last post was about getting therapy for yourself…but I still believe, regardless of our need for help as parents, we can still be all in on our kids. To be the mom or dad who is all in on their kid… I never realized that’s...

This post kind of dove-tails into the previous one in which I talked about our grief and loss journey. And I personally don’t think this is something talked about often enough in the foster world…and that is the idea of foster (and adoptive) parents seeking therapy...

When a child comes into a foster home, whether it’s their first removal or not, each foster home is going to be different…from each other and from the home of origin…so they’re going to need a minute to adjust to this “new life”. I don’t just mean the obvious things,...

So now I want to piggyback on my last post about older siblings going to college…but now I want to talk about those older kiddos moving out completely. Obviously, this may happen right after high school, thereby skipping the transition to college piece. Or it may be...