Foster Parenting 101 – When the Baby Won’t Let You Sleep
Foster Baby and Sleep It is hard enough when you have a new baby and you are waking every night to feed and comfort them as they get used to life on this side of the womb. There comfy dark warm and cozy spot has been taken away and now they are exposed to the […]
A Biological Child’s perspective of being a Foster/Adoptive Family – News of Adoption
I interviewed my 7 year old daughter about being a foster and adoptive sister. I share her reaction when she found out we got to adopt her sister Rosie who we foster for 2 and a half years, almost losing her after we were told the adoption was progressing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVIep3hQUgw&t=25s
Empowering Moms – Dealing with Anger and Anxiety with Jessie Eredia – Episode 25
Pass on the Wisdom HE SAID
This is probably going to be the most personal post I have ever written. But it needs to be said because this is why this whole online platform exists. So here goes… In an instant—everything changed. I tripped over a toy, spilling my hot coffee all down the front of my shirt. Cleaning up, through […]
Self Care as a Foster Parent
Self Care as a foster parent is not just important, it absoloutely vital I have shared before about the mental breakdown I had a couple months after becoming a foster parent. You can watch that video here. Thankfully I have never been through something like that again, but it was a life altering moment for […]
How to Get Ahead with Housework
Assign specific tasks to specific days. Also known as Zone Cleaning Delegate to your family. Raise capable children! Be a team Keep a chart so everyone knows their expectations Family meeting weekly Use a cleaning chart – I have one with daily, weekly, monthly and yearly tasks. Find your cleaning style – knock it all […]
Foster Care Toolbox – Empathy
Empathy The ability to identify with or understand the perspective, experiences, or motivations of another individual and to comprehend and share another individual’s emotional state. Some people are more empathetic naturally than others. For some empathy is very difficult. We usually find it easy to be sympathetic to ones situation but to be truly empathetic […]
How to Simplify Your Kid’s Clothes Quickly
Simplify your kid’s clothes FAST Are you searching for decluttering ideas for your kid’s clothes? Are you struggling with laundry mountain, like no matter what you do you can never seem to stay on top of keeping the laundry cleaned and put away? Next to toys, clothes were my biggest stressor when I started my […]
9 Ways to Share Jesus with Your Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkWlh-yiLhA As Christian parents, one of our greatest responsibilities is to teach our kids about Jesus, to lead them to him, and pray for them to know Him and follow Him. One thing I know to be true is the enemy is constantly trying to keep us from this task. We need to be intentional […]
Stewardship
What does Stewardship Mean? The definition I find in the dictionary is: the job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property. the office, duties, and obligations of a steward. 2 : the conducting, supervising, or managing of something especially : the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to […]