The little girl we are fostering loves the bath. Every evening after dinner she toddles into the bathroom. I get her all set up and while she splashes around I sit on the floor near the tub and read. Tonight I had a handful of Easter egg candies I was eating while reading. At someContinue reading ““Come on momma- pull it together, your baby wants you.””
Category Archives: Fostering
Our next County Commissioner
It was a slightly chilly, but gloriously sunny day on the Oregon Coast. We got the kids dressed and got out into the yard and garden. Everything was in the first stages of spring beginning. My husband Mark was excited to get a window to mow down the spring grass before it got out ofContinue reading “Our next County Commissioner”
The slow goodbye
I spend a lot of time in the meeting rooms at the DHS office. The walls are peppered with posters meant to lend hope, guidance, caution or wisdom to the highly diverse audiences that use the rooms. I have to admit, I wander off focus a lot during trainings and find myself staring at theContinue reading “The slow goodbye”
He will never leave our hearts…
Kaety waved urgently to me from the doorway. We were in the middle of a meeting in a Best Western conference room with about 40 of our colleagues. She mouthed “Deborah is calling – she has news”. We hurried down the hall to a secluded alcove and huddled around the phone to learn that weContinue reading “He will never leave our hearts…”
Love and cheese
We met Erin Irish at our foster parents fundamentals class – the training you have to take to get certified to care for children. We mutually realized that we were being appalled by all the same things – and bonded. We’ve since become friends and foster buddies. We watch each others kids and her kidsContinue reading “Love and cheese”