Category: court days
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Essential Tips for Foster Parents on Court Days
As a foster parent, when I prepare for a day spent in family court this is what I do. First, let’s pack the bag. Included in this bag are: 1.) Snacks/food. First, I consider the child I am taking with me (usually a baby 0-2 years.) Second, I consider myself.…
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Tiny feet bring big thoughts

I want to hold onto every baby, placed in my home, forever. I want to be everything that I feel they deserve. I want to catch them when they are toddling from learning to walk. I want to tell them every good thing I know about their birth family. I…
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Is there an antidote to fear?

I’ve been prone to be overcome by fear for as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl up until even a teen, if I needed to be left for any amount of time I was anxious. Extremely anxious. I always imagined my parents were dead, and…
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Rest for the weary

Matthew 11:28 NIV “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” If rest is what God gives to us when we are weary, is rest not also what we need to offer children who are weary from life spent inside the foster…