I began this little blog last year to share stories and pictures to our family and friends. But as time went on, to my surprise, friends began asking more and more questions about our experience as foster parents. They wanted to know the “real stories” of foster parenting. That is how this blog morphed from just a family blog to Foster2Forever.
In celebration of the blogiversary, the blog received a makeover! With the help of Amber from Stolen Moments Design, Foster2Forever has a new look! (But it is still a work in progress) What do you think? You can check out Amber’s designs in the ScrapMatters store for your custom blog wear design.
Plus, Foster2Forever now has a Facebook page! Check out the a badge on the right side bar. Now, you can just click on the badge and “like” Foster2Forever on Facebook. How cool is that?
Some of you have been asking about last week’s permanency meeting in the custody struggle with Lil Bit, our 10-month-old foster baby. Here’s the Reader’s Digest version: It was an informal, casual, routine status meeting. The mentally-challenged birth mother showed that she is working hard to do everything on the permanency plan checklist to get back custody of Lil Bit. The State does not believe that she can care for Lil Bit by herself. The current plan for Lil Bit is relative adoption. The birth mother and grandmother oppose relative adoption and support us adopting Lil Bit. Another court hearing will occur before September 22nd. Lil Bit will stay with us in the meantime. I will post more details next week!
I finally read my autographed copy of Spoken from the Heart signed by Laura Bush, the former First Lady herself! (I had to stand in line for over an hour for this!)
I was fascinated to discover that, like me, by marrying later in life, she and George had struggled to conceive. They even had an application for adoption at the Gladney Center, when they discovered Laura was pregnant with the twins. (unlike me).
This is what other blogs are saying about Spoken from the Heart:
Susan from Thoughts from Over the Rainbow:
“I was moved by how poignantly she describes her heartache when she was unable to conceive in early marriage. She says that there is no word in the English language to mourn absence. She says, “For those who deeply want children and are denied them, those missing babies hover like a silent, ephemeral shadows over their lives. Who can describe the feel of a tiny hand that was never held?”.”
Laura Gerold from Laura’s Reviews:
“Laura Bush writes the story of her life starting from the very beginning and through the move back to Texas after the end of George Bush’s presidency. I found her entire story intriguing, and was a great modern history. The book seemed to show me what I had always thought; Laura Bush is the kind of person I would like to sit down with for dinner and chat with.”
Have you read Laura Bush’s book?
