Category Archives: Foster Care and Adoption

Foster Care and Adoption–Grief and Hope

This post is from Moms Take Ten episode 135, “Foster Care and Adoption–Grief and Hope”, which you can listen to wherever you listen to podcasts or at https://sites.libsyn.com/403493/foster-care-and-adoption-grief-and-hope A week ago, I met up with other foster and adoptive mamas for dinner. We were sharing about our families, updating on case statuses, and discussing theContinue reading “Foster Care and Adoption–Grief and Hope”

Foster Care and Adoption–Worth It

This post is from Moms Take Ten episode 124, Foster Care and Adoption–Worth It, which you can listen to wherever you listen to podcasts or at https://sites.libsyn.com/403493/foster-care-and-adoption-worth-it A couple weeks ago, my husband and I attended the Replanted Conference. This was our third year joining with fellow foster, adoptive, safe families, kinship care parents forContinue reading “Foster Care and Adoption–Worth It”

Foster Care and Adoption–In Her Shoes

It is difficult to be hopeful for the bio families if we cannot put ourselves in their shoes. If we never see their hearts but only see the wrong actions they took. If we never acknowledge their grief but only focus on ours. If we forget God’s plan for the family and only live in the broken reality of sin.

Living in the And

Our lives are filled with, lived in, the “and”. Some of those we like. Sometimes though, our “ands” feel oppositional, as though they should not go together, yet in our lives they do. Grief AND joy. Hurt AND healing. Regret AND hope. We struggle to acknowledge both in our lives. It can be confusing. It can cause tension. Yet, both must be acknowledged to truly live.