love being an older mom

What I love about being an older mom

I am getting older, but I don’t feel that has changed the fact that God called us to adopt our baby girl even if we are in our late 60’s when she graduates high school!
Five things to buy second hand for your first baby placementHope to Home

Five things to buy second hand for your first baby placement

Your first baby placement! Five things to buy second hand. You may have been a foster parent for years without a baby placement, or you may have been called and told your relative birthed a baby exposed, and would you care for him? However, your newborn foster baby arrived, I have listed my top 5 baby items to buy second hand. Sometimes quality over new is best.
I want to foster my spouse does not

I want to be a foster parent, but my spouse does not.

I want to be a foster parent, however, my spouse does not. Will…
What is foster care?

What is Foster Care? How Does it Work?

What is foster care? What is a foster parent? How does it work? If you have no clue what all this foster talk is about, I encourage you to keep reading. Here is my version of what foster care looks like. From my own personal experiences and insights.
Privacy in Foster Care

Why you need confidentiality in foster care

You are not in it for fame and fortune. However, sometimes, you want to celebrate your foster child, and in today’s world, that usually means social media. Don’t go down that road, because your children need protection, and so do their families, and yours.
10 things to buy before a foster placement

Top 10 items to buy before you get your first foster child placement

I thought about the things that have been really useful in our fostering journey and shared them with you in hopes that it will give you something to do while you wait, and prepare your house and yourself for you life and heart to change drastically!
why do you want to foster child father

Why in the world did we become foster parents?

We don't get asked often why we became foster parents, but the apparent reason is for the kids. There is a ridiculous amount of kids in the foster system.
6 questions to ask when you get a call about a foster placement

6 questions to ask when you get a call about a foster placement

These 6 questions to ask when you get a call about a foster placement comes from questions I see in our support groups over and over.
Foster Care Tips

I was supposed to keep that smelly, stuffed, poodle?! Some things I wish I knew before becoming a foster parent.

I personally wouldn’t throw away that smelly, stuffed poodle, you can ask them if you can wash it though! That may be a big NO and respect the kiddos wishes, because it may be the only thing that reminds them of home.