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37. Foster Parent Champions adoption foster foster care kids Apr 27, 2018

Mama S here. Mama A and I are foster parent champions. Some may know the term, others possibly not. What that means is, we are always talking to peopl...

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36. Reserving Judgment adoption foster foster care kids Apr 13, 2018

Mama S here. Recently I had the most beautifully hard conversation with our little’s biological parent. We were talking about all the hard things that...

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35. IEP adoption foster foster care kids Mar 15, 2018

Mama S here. So, the day after court we had a meeting at P’s school. An IEP meeting. One of the most daunting meetings I have ever had. There are so m...

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34. Our First Court Date adoption foster foster care kids Mar 15, 2018

Mama S here- I can’t believe it. Time is flying and I can’t seem to catch up. I’ve been meaning to write a few posts over the past few weeks but I hav...

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33. Why we are with our current agency adoption foster foster care kids Jan 03, 2018

Mama S here. Hey everyone! I’ve been doing a lot of chatting with people about our agency and the reason we decided to switch. For the purpose of this...

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32. Blessed Holidays adoption foster foster care kids Dec 27, 2017

Happy Holidays! Mama S here. Between you and I, I’m thrilled that we made it though the holidays. As I previously said, I struggle with the holidays a...

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31. Holiday Stress and a New Diagnosis adoption foster foster care kids Dec 19, 2017

Hello everyone! Mama S here. Where to start? Well… Man… the holidays are rough! When you are getting licensed people talk about how much being a foste...

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30. Co-parenting adoption foster foster care kids Dec 12, 2017

Hello! Mama S here. I figured blog post number 30 had to be a big one. A topic that people ask about a LOT. What better of a topic than co-parenting. ...

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29. Constantly Learning adoption foster foster care kids Nov 27, 2017

Hello! Mama S here. Today I wanted to talk about something that most people forget when they think of the kiddos in our home. We haven’t had them for ...

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28. Our Honeymoon!- The Happy and the Sad adoption foster foster care kids Nov 08, 2017

Mama S here- Hey everyone! Mama A and I just got back from our honeymoon! Yeah!! We went to Ireland and Scotland for 2.5 weeks and it was stunning. Th...

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27. Natural Consequences and Hearing “Mom” for the First Time adoption foster foster care kids Oct 04, 2017

Mama S here. Our last post talked quite a bit about how strict we are, we hear it all the time, I just heard a GAL (Guardian Ad Litem) say that when L...

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26. When the Honeymoon is Over adoption foster foster care kids Sep 27, 2017

Mama S here. It has been over a month since P moved in with us and it is clear… the honeymoon is over.
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