Goodbyes Suck
We’ve had a child for the better part of a year. I haven’t written a single thing about the beginning or the middle, but I…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
Tag: goodbye
Fools Rush In
We’re coming up on two years since our foster children left. I hadn’t thought about it until today when I started wondering why I’ve felt…
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…
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…
Harriet Tubman and a Month of Absence
It’s been a month since the kids left, and I don’t have words to express the heartache I’ve succumbed to. Every day I struggle to…
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…
