14 days until Termination of Parental Rights!
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Supporting adoptive and foster families and families living with autism.
i don’t want to
How clearly can a child express their desire to NOT do something? Today Jeremiah had a visit with his bio dad. During the time with him, Jeremiah sat in the same place for 45 minutes! He wasn’t sitting near T (his bio dad). T did offer Jeremiah some Cheerios. Jeremiah got up, walked over to…
Read Moreseparation of church and state
Most governments tend to stick to the much discussed and debated first amendment; Separation of Church and State. However, the process of meshing these two entities is looming on the horizon in our Department of Human Services Child Welfare division. Why? Well, I had a conversation recently with our PRM (one of our social workers).…
Read MoreCASA: this ones a Godsend
I know I have mentioned this before, but I felt it worth repeating. God is so good, and I feel that to not speak about this goodness would be to ignore what He is doing in children’s lives. Some people tend to forget that miracles still exist, and think that God isn’t moving in amazing…
Read More“Anne of Green Gables”: not such an innocent show
The movie Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite movies, and has been for many years. I didn’t see a problem with it until my daughter wanted to watch one of “mommy’s shows” with me, and it happened to be this movie. In my moment of stupidity I let her watch it with…
Read Morewhy is he so jealous?
In my previous post I talked about a training we attended with Scott Chaussee. In that training we also asked this psychologist about some odd behaviors that our foster son, Jeremiah, is displaying. Jeremiah gets extremely jealous of Payton when we are holding or hugging her. He gets very angry and will come over to…
Read Morerocking: it heals
We recently attended a pre-adoption training given by Scott Chaussee (psychologist). I had better ideas for a night without two kids, but felt that we should go. I was so glad we did! The training was extremely helpful in giving us revelation into some of the issues Payton and Jeremiah are having. I tend to…
Read Morerequest for more parenting time. status: denied
This morning wrapped up the final hearing on whether T (bio dad) should have more time with Jeremiah. Two hours were spent last Monday and one hour today bringing forth opinions on why or why not T should have longer visits with his son. Everyone that works with the Dept. was in agreement that more…
Read Moretraining
Justin and I attended a great training class last night. I am excited to share the information soon. It will be helpful to anyone adopting; whether your pursuing an infant domestic adoption, an international adoption, or going the route of foster-to-adopt.
Read Morewe always hear the other side
While at a get-together with some friends, one of them asked if we would tell Payton that she’s adopted. I said yes, and that we have already told her. A couple of them shared stories of family members that had been adopted. The adoptees they were speaking of weren’t interested in finding their birth/biological parents. It…
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