Wise Thoughts From A Clever Foster – Adoptive Mom

Surviving Holidays as a Foster or Adoptive Family: Part 2-Honoring Feelings

Honoring Feelings (Note: This blog is directed more towards the kids and may make a good read as a family.) Even though we have our traditions and spend time with each other connecting, big days are s...

Surviving Holidays as a Foster or Adoptive Family: Part 1-Expectations

  The last few months have flown by, and I cannot believe the holiday season is upon us! The holidays can be an extremely challenging time for foster and adoptive families. Not only do we get out...

5 Questions for the Foster or Adoptive Parent

A Look at the Dream What did you dream about when you wanted to adopt or foster children? We found that it would be a miracle of God for us to have children naturally. No worries. We had a passion to ...

3 Halloween Tips for Foster Families

A Halloween Tradition – It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown I think most of the American public has seen It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, right? It’s a Halloween traditio...

Our Journey Part 5: Becoming Legally a Family of 6

In Our Journey Part 4, I talked about the period of time that seemed to stretch on and on between when our kids moved in and when they experienced permanency—in their cases, adoption. As I titled it, ...

Our Foster Care Journey Part 4: The Mucky and Uncertain Middle

Between November 2008 and June 2009, we went from a household of 2 adults to a family of 6 plus. I say “plus” because our home was inundated with a plethora of foster care caseworkers and ...

Make Pumpkin Bars With Foster Grandchildren

The Best Treat for September or Fall September has always been my favorite month of the year and “Pumpkin Bars” one of the best treats. Here is a favorite recipe I received from a coworker over ...

Discussing the Fears of Foster-Adoptive Parents with an Adult Adoptee

A Live Discussion about Fears of Foster-Adoptive Parents Recently on a live stream, adult adoptee, Betsy Crockett, and adoptive mom, Margie Fink, discussed real fears submitted to Transfiguring Adopti...

Fostering Hope TN – Backpacks for Foster Kids

Fostering Hope is a nonprofit in East Tennessee begun by Chante Hensley and her family in 2013 to provide resources and support to foster children and their families. Their largest project supplies ba...