Evaluating a Year of Absence
To recap as it’s been many months since I’ve written anything here, it’s been a year since we said goodbye to children we raised just…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
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A Week In Reverse
Foster care is a series of building walls, bargaining, and small concessions. It’s been four months of absence after nearly four years of raising the…
One Week After Goodbye
It’s been a week. I was right in the middle of my textbook stress and grieving process when it hit like an anvil. For whatever…
Keepsakes to Send When a Placement Leaves
As we get ready to send our kids off, we want to ease the difficulty of the transition as much as possible, and we don’t…
There is a Fatality
“But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to…
Dear Child
Dear child. We have come to a fork in the road. I can no longer see where your path leads, and I cannot hold your…
Sunset at the End of the Road
It’s been one of those weeks. You know the kind: the weight of your emotions has glued you to the couch, long, sorrowful sighs cascade…
