Foster parent announcement

Before you bristle too hard at the title, stick with me. Back when Milkman and I started our journey to welcome non-biological children into our home, it was with one goal in mind: adoption. We kne…

By now I’m sure you know that we are diving head first into the world of foster care! We are crazy passionate about this huge blessing and surrendering ourselves to the plan God has for our f…

Dear Family and Friends, Outside of our immediate family and our pastor, most of you do not know that we have been praying for the past year about becoming a foster family. The past few months we h…

As a foster parent, sometimes I get asked some interesting questions from people, and sometimes the questions can honestly be quite nosy. How can a foster parent answer these intrusive questions? I took to Instagram to ask other foster parents how they respond to nosy questions about foster parenting using the hashtag #FosterCareQuestions. Believe it or […]

Speed up the foster care home study process by doing these 10 things. Have your home ready and your paperwork in order faster to become a foster parent.

I hear this statement, “I couldn’t do it, I’d get too attached,” OFTEN. Wish I had a dollar (or ten) for every time I have heard that. It could fund my retail therapy at Target, Carters, and Amazon…

[Updated November 2019: This post has been updated on my new blog. You can check out that post by clicking HERE!] THANK YOU so much to Jan, Chrystal, and Anie for hosting a beautiful foster shower for us this evening! Thank you to everyone who braved the cold wind, the schedule changes, and the oh-crap-I-hate-Sunday-nights-before-we-return-to-work-the-next-day blues to celebrate this special time with us! Brian and I had a great time and we feel overwhelmed with your love and support (as do…