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…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
Tag: Fostering
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…
Keepsakes to Send When a Placement Leaves
As we get ready to send our kids off, we want to ease the difficulty of the transition as much as possible, and we don’t…
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…
Dear Child
Dear child. We have come to a fork in the road. I can no longer see where your path leads, and I cannot hold your…
Sunset at the End of the Road
It’s been one of those weeks. You know the kind: the weight of your emotions has glued you to the couch, long, sorrowful sighs cascade…
Book Shack Unboxing: And How to Find Cheap Homeschool Curriculum
Last week, I posted a list of free and inexpensive homeschooling resources. In that list, I linked The Homeschool House’s Book Shack. This non-profit organization…
Free and Inexpensive Homeschooling Resources
It’s already August, and the beginning of school is a huge question mark for most families. Some schools are opening with safety precautions in place.…
