"I've always wanted to do it, but..." That is what I hear most people say when it comes to foster parenting or adoption. If you start reading this post and decide not to, it's because you're afraid. Don't be afraid. Trust me and read to the end. But I am going to double dog dare … Continue reading Just Do It!

Our house looks and sounds like sheer ADHD these days. The ability to sit and just write a sentence for this post is impressively arduous. These little monkeys, who I'll refer to as Abu and George, have my husband and me reaching into the depths of ourselves to pull out every ounce of patience we … Continue reading The Circus is in Town

After a 365 day break of fostering (and I mean 365 days exactly), we have received another placement. Our hearts belong to these kiddos already. I'll take you along as we go on this new adventure with these 2 young boys. And what an adventure it's already been. I can't wait to tell you about … Continue reading Here We Go Again

Summer mode has completely taken over me. I know I'm not the only teacher who feels this way. I am completely unmotivated to do anything productive. All I want to do is swim, lay in the sun while listening to Chris Stapleton until my skin wrinkles, read endless amounts of books, watch tawdry reality shows, … Continue reading Here’s the thing…

"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have 2 hands." -Milton Berle I want to start off by saying that I am blessed to have an amazing mother. Not only that, I am blessed to have an amazing mother-in-law. So many women today are battling the loss of the mothers, and I can celebrate … Continue reading It’s Mother’s Day

My husband and I are ready for more foster kids, dear reader. We'll call our agency and let them know. They'll reinspect our house. Michael and I will have to update some of our training. Our indulgence has been great. We did a lot of traveling going to San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando, Nassau, St. Thomas, … Continue reading It’s Time

I love to travel. There are few things more interesting to me than being someplace other than where I normally am. This is a contradiction to my personality as an introvert who is uncomfortable with change. Michael and I went to St. Petersburg, Florida last month. I've been there many times because Michael's home office … Continue reading This is not a travel blog, but…

I don't remember anything about the Alamo. I was simply on autopilot. Moving and looking. But I didn't really know where I was going or what I was looking at. I don't even know how long we were there. It could've been an hour or three. We had told our agency that when our little … Continue reading Eat, Pray, Iowa State (part 3)

There are two things I really look forward to when going on vacations: new experiences and food. So my plan was to eat and sight-see as we find another place to eat. We stayed at the St. Anthony, a historical hotel smack dab in between the Alamo and Riverwalk. From the second we stepped out … Continue reading Eat, Pray, Iowa State (part 2)

I don't like writing long posts. If you're anything like me, when you see a blog post that could fill a book my immediate thought is, "Ain't nobody got time for that!" and switch back to watching cat videos on YouTube. But a lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. Instead of telling … Continue reading Eat, Pray, Iowa State (part 1)