LOSS

I lost my dad earlier this month. Just 2 days after his 60th birthday. I debated strongly as to whether I wanted to even share this (as it feels so intimate) or just move on with writing about our latest foster care happenings, but I decided it needed to be written about. For a couple […]

Dear (Foster) Moms: Just BE STILL

I’ve never been very good at sitting still. Constant DOING helps me to feel less anxious and more in control. People comment that my house is always so clean. “How is your house so clean with 4 little ones living inside it?!” Truth is there’s very little I can control in this roller coaster […]

March Madness

It’s March Madness around the ‘S’ household! But I haven’t watched a single game of the NCAA tournament. Instead, I have been distracted by our own version of madness; a month full of both upsets and triumphant “wins”. We are deep in a spiritual battle where some days there are victories and others I just […]

The Importance Of Memory Books For Kids In Foster Care

I have a TERRIBLE memory. I don’t remember much of my childhood. The memories I do hold are the ones my mom snapped a picture of and printed for our family’s photo album. Still, I am not sure if I ACTUALLY remember the moment or just the image ingrained in my mind from the photograph. […]

Avoiding Burnout

The start of a New Year often prompts resolutions to do more. Exercise more. Cook more healthy meals at home. Clean and organize more. Make more money. Travel more. But for our family, the start of January 2019 forced us to reevaluate. To instead, search for ways to do LESS in order to make this […]

A Review of 2018

Happy New Year ! At this point I’m more than a TAD late in wishing you all the best in 2019, but sick kiddos and just the general everyday chaos of 4 little ones age 4 and under has kept me distracted from ever finishing this blog post. I’ve lost count of how many times […]

“Hard But Good.”

Whenever people ask me, in regards to fostering, “How is it ?”, I almost always give the same initial 3 word answer, “Hard but good.” It’s Hard: Hard because our lives and schedules have had to revolve around tons of appointments, therapies (and therapist’s schedules), visits, and meetings. Since saying YES to this sibling placement […]