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…
Read MoreGrandma’s 80th surprise party!
Surprise Grandma Johnstone for her 80th birthday? How was this going to be accomplished? She lives in a town with a population of about 300. Everyone knows everyone else’s business. In that small town, keeping a secret is impossible but with careful planning, my Grandma’s children were able to pull off a SURPRISE party in…
Read Morelittle Jeremiah turns one
We are so happy Jeremiah is with us. We are blessed to celebrate his 1st birthday with him. What an amazing transformation this child has made! My dad says that if you never saw him in his first few months with us, you would never believe what he was like. He has made such drastic…
Read MoreBreckenridge, CO
This past weekend we met my family in Breckenridge for the weekend. When we arrived in town we drove under the gondolas that were headed up the ski slopes, all devoid of snow of course. We told Payton to look up. What she saw was kids. From then on all she cared about doing was,…
Read Moregymnastics
Ready, set, jump around. Payton is enjoying gymnastics class. She calls it “nastics.” I think she likes the fact that kids are there more than anything else. Her second favorite part would be the 40 ft. long running trampoline. Oh, and the gigantic donut that Miss Mary rolls them in is a huge crowd pleaser.…
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