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I might be going out on a limb (ok, not really) and surmise that most of us could agree that Halloween is based on a love of being scared…at least to some level. Now I must admit that I personally HATE being scared. I hate it. I hate jump scares, I hate blatant,...

So let’s take a few minutes and discuss Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Not really a “light” topic, so maybe you should sit down for this one. You may have seen commercials on TV to help bring awareness and understanding to PTSD, as well as to encourage current...

As you may (or may not if this world of foster care is new to you): many children from hard places have sensory needs above…and possibly beyond…those of the general public. Now, I have to admit…once I began looking into my child’s sensory needs, I realized that I had...

Moving from one home to another is a highly stressful event, in and of itself. Whatever it looks like…down-sizing, up-sizing, equilateral move…it’s going from one home to another and it’s stressful. Always stressful. And no matter how you slice it, there’s a lot of...

For many foster parents, finding affordable activities for the kids can sometimes be a challenge. Now, it might be true that the kids may simply want to park themselves in front of a TV, and on occasion that might be ok, but for those times when it’s not, may I...

At my house, we are always looking for resources we can tap into to help make our foster care, adoption or special needs journey an easier one. And one thing I’d like to discuss today is the Medicaid Waiver. Now…many people are under the impression that Medicaid...

True confession: my child having special needs is the most isolating thing I’ve ever experienced. Granted, foster care, in and of itself is similar in that lots of people don’t understand it or necessarily even understand why you would choose to foster. But later on...

Today I’d like to share a little bit of what I learned recently about helping children navigate unknown, or little known, medical history…. because they deserve to have access to any information they possibly can, and also how scary and frustrating it must be for them...

So…I follow many different people and organizations on social media, most of which address topics related to foster care and adoption. Probably no real shock there. One in particular creates memes specific to foster care. And it shared a meme the other day which read,...

Now, some of you might be thinking about the fact that it used to be (several decades ago) foster parents could just stay at home and take care of children and receive their per diems, which also covered their own living expenses; that’s often the reason why you’d...