This is our fourth year as a homeschooling family, and we still feel pretty new. The amount of resources available now is so vast that it is overwhelming. It is easy to feel bogged down with all of the curriculum options. That’s why we intentionally...
Canyon of the Eagles with Kids: A Guide to Family Adventure
posted by: jesskathrin
April 9, 2022
We love family adventures! We purchased our kayaks about a year ago and have really loved getting them on the water and exploring with the whole crew. When we were thinking about our spring break plans we considered doing a more commercial vacation, but kept...
Tips for getting your room foster care ready
posted by: jesskathrin
January 13, 2022
I put a lot of thought and effort into my foster care bedroom during the certification process. I really tried to think ahead and prepare for any possibility. Just a few weeks into our first placement, though, we completely moved the entire bedroom. Some things...
Simple ways to help make Christmas more comfortable for your foster child
posted by: jesskathrin
December 22, 2021
Out of the 6 years we’ve been a foster family, we have always had a child with us over the Christmas holiday, and people are often curious how that looks. Obviously every family is different, but for us, we do Christmas for our foster child...
What happens when a placement is more than we are capable of managing?
posted by: jesskathrin
September 7, 2021
There’s so many things about foster care I love to talk about, but I am really having trouble articulating this. It’s honestly pretty embarrassing to admit that I’ve requested that a child be moved from our home. Failing is always hard, but it’s especially difficult...
I was scrolling through my Pinterest boards and came across all the ideas I pinned for his room. It stung. Goodbyes are always hard, but this one especially so. I felt that heat start to rise up in my gut, the grief. Then the guilt...
Settling in (in a nutshell)
posted by: jesskathrin
August 12, 2021
Any time I talk to people about foster care, there is always curiosity about how a typical placement goes. It’s tricky to answer that question because there’s really no such thing as “typical” in foster care. It’s almost impossible to predict what’s next, even for...
I saw this picture pop up in my memories recently and I can’t stop thinking about it. This picture is more than it looks like, and it’s a great example of how Instagram lies. This was one of the most difficult stretches our not so...
I get tons of questions about foster care and how it works for our family, but foster care is such a unique experience, I wanted to get a couple of my foster parent friends perspective as well. I posted a question box a few weeks...
Keep in mind that each state has it’s own process for foster parent certification and policies differ from region to region. My foster care experience is in Northwest Louisiana, so if you are from a different area there may be different steps or policies in...