Evaluating a Year of Absence
To recap as it’s been many months since I’ve written anything here, it’s been a year since we said goodbye to children we raised just…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
Tag: faith
A Week In Reverse
Foster care is a series of building walls, bargaining, and small concessions. It’s been four months of absence after nearly four years of raising the…
Harriet Tubman and a Month of Absence
It’s been a month since the kids left, and I don’t have words to express the heartache I’ve succumbed to. Every day I struggle to…
One Week After Goodbye
It’s been a week. I was right in the middle of my textbook stress and grieving process when it hit like an anvil. For whatever…
There is a Fatality
“But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to…
Mama, I’m Through
Just when we thought the world had hit rock bottom with coronavirus, George Floyd’s death plunged the nation into grief and outrage, sparking riots and…
Virtual Visit Ideas
Most agencies have ceased in-person visits between foster children and their parents due to the threat of Covid-19. Some locations have lifted restrictions, but we’re…
Changes: Turn and Face the Strange
It’s the last day of April 2020, and we’ve been living in this strange sci-fi reality for weeks. New information on coronavirus is constantly changing. …
