Woo Hoo! Not only is May National Foster Care Awareness Month, but today, I am the Featured Blogger on The SITS Girls!!! A fabulous group of women bloggers supporting one another through social media. In fact, I wrote an article for them in January about how to help children in foster care that was very well received.
I’ve learned a lot about the art of blogging through their website. And two years ago, I attended the SITS Girls Bloggy Boot Camp in Austin. I was so overwhelmed with all there is to learn and do in the wild world of blogging. Who knew? I will be meeting up with the SITS Girls again at Bloggy Boot Camp Dallas in September!
If you are here from SITS, HOWDY!!!
I’m Penelope, a foster mom that beat infertility by adopting two gorgeous baby boys from foster care. On this blog, I share my rollercoaster adventures of foster care and parenting once-neglected children.
Parenting is a challenge in of itself; however, add to that early neglect and trauma, and parenting can sometimes become overwhelming!
I’ve shared about my struggle to parent a difficult child, and tried a number of parenting techniques and strategies, such as:
- Taking Family Leave from work after my son got kicked out of his third day care
- Giving my kid a Time-In instead of a Time-Out (with fabulous results)
- 5 Things I did to Turn my Kid’s Bad Day into a Good one
- Dealing with Night Terrors
- Our heartbreaking decision to medicate our explosive child
- How play therapy showed us what’s really bothering our explosive child
- Using play to get my defiant child to mind
But as much as a struggle parenting can be at times, I am overjoyed with my children! I am so proud to call my strong-willed Stinkpot my son. When he out-of-the-blue says “I love you” or “kissy kissy my mommy“, I can hardly contain my joy. Those are the small moments that take my breath away.
And we are extremely blessed to call our illegal immigrant, Lil Bit, our son. Sign up to receive our ebook that tells our unbelievable true story of his quasi-international adoption through foster care. God performed many miracles, including this one, to keep him home with us!
In celebration of National Foster Care Awareness Month, I am adding a community for Forever Families right here on my blog! Also, feel free to contact me on Twitter (@Foster2Forever) and on Facebook.
Come introduce yourself in my community below!
