My first born is a SENIOR!!! How in the hell did this happen?!
I pray for success, growth, happiness and peace. I love this kid.
Sixth Grader
Someone may have "dropped a rose"
8th grader
4th grader, my baby
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Sunday, July 23, 2017
HONK!!!
It went fast!! 4 weeks in the making.
My boy went into tryouts saying he just wanted to be in the ensemble, he didn't really want a speaking part.
HAHA!! He got the part of UGLY!!! Not only a speaking part but several solos.
I hate to say the lead role but really it was. My boy learned so much over the last 4 weeks. He made his momma so so PROUD!!
He made many new friends.
Ugly
SWAN! The story was so sad and sweet. I may have cried at EVERY.SINGLE.SHOW! Like lots of tears! PROUD! PROUD! PROUD!
Friday, July 7, 2017
A little update on our journey:
We got licensed on May 19th at about 4 pm. We got our first call about 5pm. Yep it took all of one hour. I said no as we had too much going on. My hubby is a Rock Star and his band had a gig that night. Something we had been looking forward to for a while (Ok, maybe star is a little exaggerated, he is my star (sorry to make you vomit))
Of course said child is heavily on my mind. I decided to call in the morning and if she hadn't been placed she could finish up the weekend with us. As you can see a month and a half later she is still here.
It ain't easy! Kids from hard places are hard to parent. Really what it is is we have to be 100% on ALL THE TIME. The moment I feel like throwing in the towel I get a sweet note under my pillow or a big ol'hug or a "you are a good mom and dad" (as in she has never had one of those before)
It is really hard on my kids. I am not seeing the sweet, loving side of my children as of late and that is hard to watch.
We keep on keeping on. We can do hard things especially with sweet moments sprinkled in.
We got licensed on May 19th at about 4 pm. We got our first call about 5pm. Yep it took all of one hour. I said no as we had too much going on. My hubby is a Rock Star and his band had a gig that night. Something we had been looking forward to for a while (Ok, maybe star is a little exaggerated, he is my star (sorry to make you vomit))
Of course said child is heavily on my mind. I decided to call in the morning and if she hadn't been placed she could finish up the weekend with us. As you can see a month and a half later she is still here.
It ain't easy! Kids from hard places are hard to parent. Really what it is is we have to be 100% on ALL THE TIME. The moment I feel like throwing in the towel I get a sweet note under my pillow or a big ol'hug or a "you are a good mom and dad" (as in she has never had one of those before)
It is really hard on my kids. I am not seeing the sweet, loving side of my children as of late and that is hard to watch.
We keep on keeping on. We can do hard things especially with sweet moments sprinkled in.
Monday, May 15, 2017
Foster Care
Well . . . we went and submitted our application to become a foster family back in March. Today our homestudy is done along with our CPR and training requirements. We just might be licensed by the end of the week.
About 5 years ago I had a little prayer/nap time one afternoon. I often pray for God to use me. PLEASE. and if he wants to use me PLEASE! make it very obvious. Anyway I was startled out of my prayer/nap time by the door bell. It was the scheduled furnace maintenance guy. I showed him to the furnace and apologized for the amount of toys that were on the rec-room floor. After he did whatever he was doing to my furnace he said "don't worry about the toys, I have 6 kids". We only had 3 at the time. I responded with something like "Wow that is a crazy amount of kids but I LOVE it!" He went on to tell me that a couple were foster kids and that the need is great. We chatted for a good 15 minutes.
So you get it. The seed was planted many years ago.
I still want more from China but for right now I know this is exactly where we are supposed to be.
I am scared
I am excited
I am terrified
I just want to get this started.
If you see me out and about with a little person please respect their feelings. We were told during training by a former foster child how much they hated the questions. You are welcome to ask me in private. Thanks!
About 5 years ago I had a little prayer/nap time one afternoon. I often pray for God to use me. PLEASE. and if he wants to use me PLEASE! make it very obvious. Anyway I was startled out of my prayer/nap time by the door bell. It was the scheduled furnace maintenance guy. I showed him to the furnace and apologized for the amount of toys that were on the rec-room floor. After he did whatever he was doing to my furnace he said "don't worry about the toys, I have 6 kids". We only had 3 at the time. I responded with something like "Wow that is a crazy amount of kids but I LOVE it!" He went on to tell me that a couple were foster kids and that the need is great. We chatted for a good 15 minutes.
So you get it. The seed was planted many years ago.
I still want more from China but for right now I know this is exactly where we are supposed to be.
I am scared
I am excited
I am terrified
I just want to get this started.
If you see me out and about with a little person please respect their feelings. We were told during training by a former foster child how much they hated the questions. You are welcome to ask me in private. Thanks!
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Thirteen
My DAUGHTER! Is THIRTEEN!
These two girls make my heart melt.
JOY is the first word that comes to mind when I think of her.
She is equally beautiful on the inside and outside.
She came from a hard place and is really one of the sweetest people I know and that continues to blow my mind.
This girl loves blue and panda bears. She loves life, her family, friends and teachers. She loves well. She has taught me so much about life and given me endurance to do hard things.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
17
Zach made me a mom. He changed my entire life. Oh how I love this kid! It hasn't always been easy but I am so grateful for my boy.
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