Foster Mom Adventures

Sometimes Samuel just makes me laugh. For example, tonight, after I sent him off to get ready for bed. I thought he was taking a little longer than usual and was just about to go check on him when his remote control car came speeding into the living room. Just as I was about to [...]

I’ve written before about God answering prayers, but what I find even more amazing is the way He sets things in motion to answer prayers and provide for us long before we know what to ask for. When things fell apart with Samuel’s after school program, I knew that something would work out, and God [...]

About a month ago, I received a call from the nurse at Samuel’s school. Samuel wasn’t ill, but he had failed his hearing screening. I instantly felt guilty for all the times I made him turn down the TV, radio, computer, etc. His second screening yielded similar results, as did the hearing test administered by [...]

Today was one of those special and rare days when it snowed in Austin, Texas!  Given my most recent experience with snow, I wasn’t quite as excited as everyone else at work when the flakes started to fall.  I had already done my happy snow day dance when this evening’s meeting was canceled due to [...]

Hope, Faith, and their mother invited Samuel and I to join them for the local high school’s production of Beauty and Beast. I was very excited to go because many members of the cast were the same students I have worked with through Bible studies and various ministries at church. I knew it would be [...]

Remember the game Oregon Trail? It is an educational computer game, from which I have many fond memories from my childhood. When I taught 5th grade, I had a lot of fun using it as a teaching tool when my students studied pioneer life and the westward expansion. The concept of the game is that [...]

…must come to an end. And things were going so well that I knew it couldn’t last forever. How quickly things can change. That’s what happened tonight. In a rather public setting at my work, Samuel lost control of his temper. The thing that is the hardest part for me is my inability to understand [...]

For the past week, the game “Bop It” has been sitting on top of the entertainment center in our living room with the note attached that read “one whole week with no blow ups and get this!” Samuel was successful for one whole week, so now he is the proud owner of a very annoying [...]

When Samuel and I were at the grocery store several weeks ago, I had the forethought to have him select the Valentines he would give his classmates.  I thought it would be a good idea to buy them ahead of time so that I wouldn’t be stressed at the last minute and so that Samuel [...]

Last weekend, Samuel and I went to go see the movie “Tooth Fairy” with some friends.  Would I recommend the movie to you if you have an 11 year-old boy to take to the movies? Absolutely!  Would I recommend the movie to you without someone below the age of 12? Well, maybe you could wait [...]