Foster Mom Adventures

A wonderful thing happened this weekend.  The girls and I met their grandmother, and she took them for an overnight stay at their great-grandparents’ house.  Yippee!  It’s good to be free. Perhaps I should feel a little guilty over how elated I felt as I drove away with only me, myself, and I in the [...]

I wish I could remember the name of the short story that I once read, but it escapes me.  The basic premise is that each day the kid comes home from school and regales her family with tales of the bad boy in her class at school.  Each day when she comes home, the stories [...]

My grandmother was a school teacher.  So it was no wonder that her head would itch at the drop of a hat—the mere mention of the word ‘lice.’  Today, I had a similar experience on my drive home.  My mother had taken Hope for a haircut and called to report that Hope had lice.  Even [...]

So my mother kindly pointed out that my last update was a little light on reality.  It painted a very rosy picture of life with the girls, but that isn’t always the case.  I have toned down the “frustrations” segment of the blog recently because for a while, that was all I had to post!  [...]

A dear friend, who has known me since I was in her 7th grade reading class, sent me a gentle reminder that I’d left my readers waiting for quite some time.  I hope my faithful readers will accept my apologies for the length between posts. Hope and I both quickly recovered from her illness last week, and [...]

If I hadn’t already been inducted into the parenthood, then I would say it is now official.  In the last 24 hours, I have been both peed on and subject to projectile vomit.  After a fun day of shopping for some new dresses for Faith on Sunday, we came home and realized that Hope wasn’t [...]

I am a follow the directions type of person.  I only like to cook from a recipe.  I like directions for every new place I drive.  When I make something, I want step-by-step instructions for how to do it and then I expect my end product to be perfect.  Because I am also a perfectionist [...]

We had a great time celebrating America’s birthday.  The girls and I have now seen fireworks for two nights in a row–with a possible third display tonight.  We also spent the day of the 4th in Wimberley watching the parade and spending time with my family.  We won’t know what to do with ourselves without [...]

Hope has done a really good job learning how to express how she feels with words rather than screaming and crying.  On a pretty consistent basis, she is now able to tell me “I’m sad,” or “I’m mad,” or even “I’m frustrated.”  It’s pretty cute.  She also asks me on a very regular basis “Are [...]

God works in mysterious ways.  I composed at least half a dozen e-mails to Faith’s summer school teacher regarding the questions she asked her on the last day of school.  The e-mails ranged from angry complaints, to sensitive explanations of the effect it had on Faith, to informational pieces about the federal Family and Educational [...]