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When people hear that I am a foster parent, I am often asked why. There are so many reasons that we decided open up our home. One of those reasons spent a year in my classroom, and his story touched me so deeply, I was forever changed. I knew then that this was something I […]

Hello again everyone! I have been pretty MIA from the blog for a while because life has been pretty insane for us. We have some big changes coming up for our family, and I hope to be blogging a whole lot more again! May is Foster Care Awareness Month, so it seems like the perfect […]

Dear Donor Mother, I thought of you a lot today. I was having a mundane sort of day. It was one of my days off work, so Baby P and I were running errands. We stopped by the craft store to get supplies for an upcoming baby shower for a friend. Baby P was being […]

I have shared about our relationship with Little Piñata’s birthmother in the past in 2 different posts. But, it’s been 2 years since I wrote about it and as we all know, relationships are always changing, so our relationship with his birthmother is no different. We have continued to email her updates and pictures every month or […]

I’ve been wanting to write this post for over a year, and sadly it has taken me awhile to get our adoption books together, but I’m so excited to share with you our favorite children’s books related to adoption. Everyone’s adoption story is different, so you can see which ones fit your family better. And […]

Hey there, you’re going to know who this is right away again, but I’m posting anonymously so I can be as real and raw as I’m feeling and not have this searchable later on…thanks for your love and support! We’ve been home with our daughter for a little over two months now and in some ways, it’s […]

Overwhelming is the first word that comes to mind when I think about starting the process of becoming foster parents. Having no direct exposure to the foster system ourselves, Missus Turtle and I were definitely overwhelmed as we started thinking seriously about looking into foster care and adoption. That said there were so many other emotions […]