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- Jun 29, 2019
- 5 min
Street Racing and others ways to connect with Grandkids...
By Lester Wills Those who have read my previous posts to this forum will know that while the ride has been like a rollercoaster, it has...
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- Jun 29, 2019
- 5 min
Expectation vs. Reality
By Mindy Wheeler Hello, my name is Mindy and my husband, Phil, and I have been foster parents for about 4 years now. We have always...
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- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
Fostering Teens
By Emma Ville We always knew we wanted to foster. When we talked about it initially we envisaged cute little toddlers who needed love and...
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- Apr 20, 2019
- 8 min
Building a positive relationship with birth families
By Eleanor Delewski The day has arrived, you have new little (or big) one's in your home and now it is time to meet their family. ...
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- Apr 19, 2019
- 4 min
Books for multi-racial families
By Megan Kreider and Eleanor Delewski When you start the foster or adoptive process one of the first questions you will be asked is "Are...
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- Apr 15, 2019
- 8 min
What to buy when you are expecting (foster kids)
By Eleanor Delewski Recently a co-worker announced that she and her husband her expecting … they didn't know when the baby was due, or if...
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- Apr 15, 2019
- 6 min
Books for kids in foster care
By Eleanor Delewski Being a foster parent guarantees you are going to have to face some hard talks with your kids. There are many times I...
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- Apr 15, 2019
- 5 min
Books for new foster parents
When we first started the process of becoming foster parents I rapidly realized that I was walking into a giant unknown - I was a new...
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- Apr 13, 2019
- 7 min
Saying goodbye
By Jodie Whitcombe This 'letter' was written to my foster son. It was a letter just for me, I never sent it or read it to him as he was...
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- Mar 29, 2019
- 4 min
The Emotional Rollercoaster of Being a Foster Grandparent
By Lester Wills Back in 2009 I was a new immigrant to the US. I was living with my daughter and son-in-law as I got on my feet in my new...
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- Mar 18, 2019
- 5 min
It takes a village
By Eleanor Delewski We all know it takes a village to raise a child, when you are a foster parent this holds even more true. I hear often...
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- Mar 4, 2019
- 4 min
Becoming a Foster Grandparent
By Lester Wills I became a “Foster Grandpa” is 2009. Ten years later I have been the proud “Foster Grandpa” of five children, two of...
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- Feb 26, 2019
- 5 min
You can't ladle from an empty bucket
By Eleanor Delewski When we were sitting in our first foster training class the presenter told us we would have to employ the oxygen mask...
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- Feb 15, 2019
- 3 min
Beauty in Brokenness
By Jodie Whitcombe Fostering brings to light ugliness and brokenness. The stories and situations that come with each child can feel so...
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- Feb 8, 2019
- 4 min
Siblings in different homes
By Lyndsay Gardner Growing up in a fairly traditional home, I’m happy to admit that I had naïve views of other families, even those...
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- Jan 31, 2019
- 4 min
The call that wasn't...
By Karen Broadhurst Life is so unpredictable. A roller coaster of moments where you’re soaring into the sky, being thrashed around the...
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- Jan 21, 2019
- 5 min
Bucket List Life
The following is adapted from the eulogy that my husband and I read at Richie's service: Richie sometimes expressed the fear that he had...
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- Jan 18, 2019
- 6 min
Rookie Mistake
By Eleanor Delewski We had just completed our foster parent training classes. The home inspection was done and we were licensed and...
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- Jan 11, 2019
- 3 min
The Road to Kinship Foster Care
By Chelsea Morgan Have you ever heard of kinship fostering? It is not as common as one would think – but it’s where our fostering story...
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