It has been well over a year since I last wrote, and I thought that I should post a quick update before we farewell 2022 and usher in the New Year. Some people have asked about why I haven’t written, and there are a couple of reasons for this. -Firstly, time. My life has gotten… Continue reading Our 2022
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Dream Again
I was always a dreamer. As a child my imagination was easily captured, and I couldn’t take a road trip without falling in love with one setting or another. I always had a dream on the go or a story in my head, and I filled scrap books with my thoughts; dream home designs and… Continue reading Dream Again
Consumed
Four months ago I wrote about waiting for Baby M to be born. I have attempted to write a couple of times since little Miss M joined our family, however I have struggled to finish an entry. The following entry has been started and restarted several times. If I had written in the week following… Continue reading Consumed
Any Day Now
Male readers (yes, all three of you); I have a question: How often do you receive comments about your appearance? I have no intention here of starting some kind of gender war, but I genuinely am curious about how frequently people talk to males about the way they look. My husband has quite a bushy… Continue reading Any Day Now
25. Are we done yet?
How do you know when you are “done”? When its time to donate all of your baby items and pack away your baby dreams; confident that your family is as large as its supposed to be? Some families seem to “know”. Some families say “one kid is enough work for us!” Others have health issues… Continue reading 25. Are we done yet?
16. The voices in my head
Click- click- my thumb is pressing down on the button of our van’s electronic key, my hand outstretched towards the brass lock. I am standing at my front door, staring at the faded yellow paint and the silver door handle, wondering, why hasn’t it opened yet? When what I am doing dawns upon me, a… Continue reading 16. The voices in my head
8. The strange life of a foster child
Last weekend we took the four little ducks on an outing to the city to visit Wildlife World and the Aquarium. To be completely honest, the whole day was a bit of a disaster. It was long and tiring, filled with tears and tantrums. Miss A complained a lot. Miss L cried often, wanting to… Continue reading 8. The strange life of a foster child
5. One Week In
One week ago, we made the final trek out to our nieces’ foster carers’ house and brought them home. Since then, I have tried to write a couple of times, but I struggled to find the words that adequately summarised how I am feeling. So here goes. I knew in my head that this was… Continue reading 5. One Week In
4. First Contact–> First Sleep Over
(Monday 28th September 2015) How did we move so quickly and so far in the space of one week? On one Friday, we met our nieces for the first time in about 20 months (they had been so young when we last met that they had probably forgotten who we were). Even though we had… Continue reading 4. First Contact–> First Sleep Over
3. The Transition Plan
(Wednesday 16th September) My heart rate hasn’t slowed all day. I feel a little queasy, a bit jittery. My mind is a useless, buzzing haze. This morning I received an email from our caseworker with our draft transition plan attached. After nearly nine months of waiting for phone calls to be returned, so little progress,… Continue reading 3. The Transition Plan
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