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...
Although our trip got off to a pretty rocky start, we ended up having a great time hiking and kayaking at Canyon of the Eagles Resort on Lake Buchanan . The camp sites were gorgeous and were a short walk to the cove where we...
The day we met Jeremiah I was in a pretty difficult place emotionally. When I got the call from DCFS that morning, I almost said no. We had a few exceptionally painful goodbyes recently and I didn’t feel ready to open myself or my family...
Probably the question I get asked the most is “what made you decide to pursue foster care?”. That’s actually kind of a long story. And since I made a space specifically for long stories, you’re in luck (although I’ll still try to give the short...
Photos by Marli Johnson It’s been a crazy year. Like real crazy. In some ways it’s slowed down, and in some ways it’s felt out of control. It’s been a time of reflection and deciding what things are worth holding tight and what things it’s...
So many things happen in life on a daily basis. Some we know what to do, because we’ve seen it done or have experienced it ourselves so many times. Others, we don’t. The times we read reviews on products we are interested in or events...