Archive for the ‘Foster Care’ Category
The Memory Keeper’s Son
I just looked at my oldest child’s baby book for the first time since we finalized his adoption. I hadn’t really thought about looking at it – one of the kids just pulled it off the bookshelf and plopped it in my lap. As I sat there flipping the pages, I was flooded with memories...
March 8th, 2010 | Domestic, Feature, Foster Care | Read More
Remembering Jeremiah
Sunday I opened the newspaper to another heart breaking story. Another story of another child killed either intentionally or accidentally at a home where the Department of Child Services has already been asked to become involved. A child who lives in a home where the police have been routinely called...
November 27th, 2009 | Feature, Foster Care | Read More
Dave Thomas 100 Best Workplaces
In most workplaces maternity leave is a given. According to babycenter, actual paid leave is unusual in the US, although some progressive companies offer new parents some paid time off, up to six weeks in some cases.
“Wendy’s adoption leave allowed me to have the time off to bond with my children,...
October 15th, 2009 | Foster Care | Read More
The Phone Call that Changed My Life
One year ago, this week, I got THE phone call. I had no idea this was the phone call that would change my life forever!
My husband and I had started our foster care training and paperwork in June. We had the whole “hurry up and wait” thing going on! We rushed through to get all of our ducks in...
September 21st, 2009 | Feature, Foster Care, adoption process | Read More
Why We Chose Foster Adoption
I was sitting in the big massage chair yesterday at the nail salon, feet submerged in hot, bubbling water, making small-talk, while my (foster) daughter and my mom played in the waiting area. The pedicurist and I chatted about everything from her experience with working at various nail salons to her...
September 1st, 2009 | Feature, Foster Care | Read More
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Sunday Showcase: Entitled?
March 14, 2010 09:03
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What if Jesus Has HIV?
March 12, 2010 08:03
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Kid Dumping in International Adoption
March 10, 2010 10:03
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Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome an Economic Problem?
March 10, 2010 10:03
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Adoption Facts Demand Infant Adoption Reformation
March 9, 2010 08:03
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It’s a Chair
March 9, 2010 00:03
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BlogHer 2010 First Timers
March 8, 2010 22:03
- Adoptioin Quote of the Day
March 10, 2010 | 11:34 pm“Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing.”
– Toni Morrison -
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