We’ve had a rough few days here in casa de Foster.  As you probably remember, last week was fairly awful mainly due to Mr. Three Year Old’s behavior.  This past weekend, the behavior got worse to a point where I felt I couldn’t safely care for him or keep him from hurting himself or others.  [...]

In the car last night, with Miss Fourteen and Miss Seventeen – Miss Fourteen: “Don’t you think it’s time you have The Talk with us?” Me: “Well.  Hmm.” [Eyes focused on the road.  Maybe she'll drop the subject.  DEAR GOD, PLEASE LET HER DROP THE SUBJECT.] Miss Fourteen: “You know, THE TALK.  You’re our mom.  [...]

I’ve had a bad week. I have a problem saying I’ve had a bad day.  Kids in Ethiopia without food have had a bad day.  I can’t really say I’ve had a bad day without feeling guilty.  But, for what it’s worth, I really do feel like I’ve had a hard week.  It’s everything you’ve [...]

As fate would have it, my little pronouncement yesterday morning that I would likely fail at foster parenting by the time I got us out of the house came true. I think the real high point, however, was when we got kicked out of day care yesterday morning because of the fit Mr. Three Year [...]

If the last four or five days of my life are to be trusted, it would seem as though all of hell has come together to try to convince me that I am not cut out for fostering. I am cautious about what I write about this experience, but let me assure you that this [...]

Question:  What could be more fun that broken air conditioners, you ask? Multiple choice: a.) a three year old punching you in the face because you made him go to daycare b.) a pipe in your yard being hit causing your toilet, kitchen sink and dishwasher to overflow into your house c.) being scheduled to [...]

Well, it’s a warm Friday morning here in Tennessee which is very promising giving the fact that the air conditioning system in my house decided to quit a couple of nights ago.  My landlord assures me that the repairmen are “coming as quickly as possible” but, in the meantime, a few bags of frozen vegetables [...]

It seems like there have been an awful lot of good moments in my life lately, so I think I’m going to make myself a little list this morning. … the night last weekend that Miss Fourteen came into my bedroom, sat down on my bed, and nonchalantly said “I’ve decided that from now on, [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, Miss Seventeen graduated from high school in the month of May.  This was a very big deal, for two big reasons.  First, statistically, very few foster children actually graduate from high school; most either get their GED or drop out and run away from their foster family, neither of which Miss [...]

When I hit the month of May, I got so busy with shooting five weddings, two major projects at work and a houseful of foster babies that I missed out on telling you about all kinds of fun things that went on that month!  One of the biggest was Miss Fourteen’s birthday party.  Originally, I [...]