I am so thrilled about this, I was able to share what my heart beats for… We were on the local news. Here is the print version: Giving Kids a Safe and Loving Home Some families here on the Western Slope are working to raise awareness on the importance of adoption. It’s something they have…
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Supporting adoptive and foster families and families living with autism.
termination date set!
TPR – Termination of Parental Rights has been set. We will go before a Judge, and he will decide whether or not to terminate Jeremiah’s biological parent’s rights. The hearing will be on January 11&12. Not close by any stretch of the imagination, but it come quickly with the holidays to be celebrated between now…
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In the beginning of this case it was so difficult to imagine two people losing their child because of Mental Health issues. I was so sad for J’s bio mom, as I saw how sad she was, and I could also see obvious evidence that she wouldn’t be able to care for a child. But…
Read Morefalling
Directly following Jeremiah’s visits with T (bio father), Jeremiah is falling down and hitting his head. He won’t use his protective abilities, he will just fall from standing and bang his head on the floor. We have wood flooring, so this is cause for some concern. My biggest concern is that he only does this…
Read Moretrick or treat smell my feet
I had a double whammy. Both Justin and his mom were teaching Payton to say, “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.” But when it came time to collect the goodies she barely remembered to say, “Trick or treat,” she was so focused on the candy in the bowls. =)…
Read Morethere’s nothing i can do
The little “i” is purposefully inserted into the title of this post because i think many of us believe we are too small, too insignificant to make any real changes in this world. That just isn’t true. I have realized this colossal passion for children in foster care, which laid dormant inside of me for…
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A friend sent me a card in August to wish me a Happy Birthday. I wrote this verse down so that in the next couple weeks I could put it on our blog. Here it is, more than a couple weeks later (a couple months to be exact) and I am finally getting around to…
Read More98 and still going strong
I have a dear “adopted” Grandma, her name is Helene. We were able to meet her at my parent’s home near Colorado Springs, CO. Helene will turn 99 next month. She is an amazing woman, and not just because she is only on one medication, she went on a cruise when she was 97, or that she recently…
Read Morewords from the leery
A visit to the dentist office led to a short one-sided conversation about Foster Care, and for once, the words weren’t coming from my mouth. My hygienist is, well, we’ll just say a little different, instead of “on the verge of psychotic.” In the twenty minutes I was sitting in her chair feeling as if I was on…
Read Moreinteresting quote
I read this in a book, and thought I would share it with you. “… Our first experience of this life begins here on the first day. This won’t be recorded in language or be retrievable into rational thought. But the limbic brain remembers, and our body remembers. Here is when we begin to build…
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