Wise Thoughts From A Clever Foster – Adoptive Mom
Mudder’s Day Madness – Harmony Family Center
A Campground Serving Families Last month our family went to an open house at Camp Montvale, a gorgeous campground owned by Harmony Family Center. We spent most our time by the 155,000 gallon swimming ...
A Foster Adoptive Mom’s Tips for Organizing a Large Household
Foster-Adoptive Families are large according to Simmons College’s infographic… I always got the sense that foster and adoptive families tend to be larger than most biological family househ...
A Recipe for Caramel Corn and Fall Talk with Your Foster-Adoptive Family
Fall is quickly approaching. I’m anxious to make one of my favorite sweet treats “Microwave Caramel Corn.” This is an especially fun activity to share with my grandchildren and one that you can...
3 Reflections About Disciplining A Foster-Adoptive Grandchild
What happened in the night… Previously, I told you about an event while a couple of my adopted grandchildren stayed at my home for a few days. Their stay involved a lot of fun but did include an...
3 Reactions to Bad Behavior of an Adopted Grandchild
Two of our adopted (through foster care) grandchildren came for a several day visit. We were so excited to have them visit and with just two [out of four] of them here we would be able to spend much m...
Our Journey Part 2: Our First Foster Placement
Call. Request. Reject. Repeat. One day while I was at work, I received a call from our licensing worker. She told me about two children who were in need of a new foster home. Because of their needs in...
Our Journey Part 1: Deciding to Foster and Adopt
Sometimes in life, we need to take a look back at what motivated us to make certain choices, like the choice of how to build a family. Our family wasn’t brought together through birth. So what&#...
Helping My Adopted Child Cope With The Death Of A Birth Parent
A Guest Blog from a Fellow Foster- Adoptive Mom Hi, my name is Linda, and I have one son that my husband and I adopted out of foster care. Chris is now 30 years old. He came to us at just over the age...