I admit it, I am a blog stalker. A foster parent blog stalker to be specific. I have been a foster parent for a little over two years, and within the last three months have discovered the fascinating world of blogging. It all began, (as it has for so many of us) with Fosterhood in NYC. I don't remember how I came across it the first time, but one dip into the archives and I was hopelessly hooked! I stayed up late to read, I read at work, I read in the car (hubby driving), I read at restaurants. I laughed, I shook my head, I got mad, and when Jacket left, I cried. I had been there, and will be there again. Fosterhood lead me to half a dozen other foster blogs that I also read from start to current, many of them writing about how their blogs were a permanent record of what was going on in their lives at that time. I thought that is what I need. My hubby can remember things from when he was 3, me...not so much. I want to have something that I can look back on and remember all of the little things that make up the crazy life of a foster family. Even if no one else ever reads this, I will have it to remind me, and possibly to make it into something special for the kids that are in my care. Can anyone say life book? If the story of my journey inspires someone to be a foster parent, or helps a current foster parent somehow, that is just the icing on the cake.
I decided to start this blog today, after thinking about it for a long time, because tomorrow we have a big court date for our almost 20 month old foster daughter ( I call them my nestlings ). Big decisions being made, that will effect the rest of her life, and I want to record it all before it slips into the busy, busy of our daily lives.
I will start with the background of our journey, as well as our personal background later. Stay tuned....
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