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  • the children speak

    As it happens, things are moving towards all three children being returned to their families sometime during the summer. As Rob and I prepared ourselves for this eventuality we got some surprising news.The case worker f…

  • big step

    this morning rob and i will be heading to the little one's 'family planning meeting' it's the first time that we've been asked to participate. the goal is still reunification with a family member so we are there to off…

  • moving chess pieces

    what a bit of wonderful news we got in the last few weeks! our resource worker, who is the person assigned to us to help us along the path of fostering and adoption, let us know that after 2 and a half years she was g…

  • during the wait, i'm wondering...

    so i'm waiting at home when i should be at work. i'm waiting for a delivery of another set of bunk beds and a dresser. the agency ordered this for us to help us accommodate the new child. i think it's amazin…

  • and then there were four

    my what a difference a few hours makes. friday evening we got a call from our case worker. she was desparate as she had a 10 year old boy who had no place to go. actually he had a place, as some foster parents said th…

  • home is where the heart is.

    so orlando writes: Wow, its so nice of you guys to open your home to kids. It must be a great feeling to help them, poor things. I can't imagine. I would have been traumatized if I had to live with strangers as a ch…

  • still sick

    so it's been established that kids are a nefarious form of germ warfare. i've been sick a while and rob insisted i go to the doctor. lo and behold, i too have a bronchial infection and am now on the anti-biotics. i have…

  • we got our first kid!

    so rob and i got a call late yesterday afternoon and it was the news that a little girl of 3 years needed a place for a week or maybe longer. we rushed home to meed maddy. she's the sweetest, most adorable, and talkati…