Category: The Foster Life
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5 Ways to Avoid Being a Helicopter Parent (part 1)- Takeaways from Helicopter Mom by Bethany L. Douglas
Okay, so it occurred to me the other day that although I’ve published an entire book about helicopter parenting and how to avoid being one, I’ve never really […]
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In His Time
Lately I’ve had a string of days where nothing has come easily. Actually I think I’m going on more like a month. Having five kids, 3 of which […]
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Jars of Clay
We took in a new foster this week who was in a horrific car crash last year. It’s taken almost 9 months to recoup but she finally came […]
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The Four Most Important Things Every Foster Family Needs To Know- Lessons From The Fostering Front
We recently took in and subsequently gave up two foster sons, all in the space of about 5 weeks. We loved a lot, we cried a lot, we […]
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Links in the Chain- How the ChainBreaker Can Also Be the ChainMaker
It’s been 3 weeks now since we gave up two of our foster sons to another family, and it’s time to finally write about it. It’s been a […]
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Flowers Among the Snow – The Untimeliness of a Timely God
For Those Who Live In Southwest Missouri, We Get To Enjoy Truly All Four Seasons Of The Year… Sometimes In One Day. I Kid You Not, This Weather […]
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6 Super Practical Ways to Support the Foster Families in Your Life
Our family was led to fostering around a year and a half ago and to say this ministry is not for the faint of heart is the understatement […]
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The Joshua Series- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
I‘m excited to start a new series with lessons found in the book of Joshua. The Lord has been walking with me through the early books of the […]
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