Foster Mom
- Bio
- Foster mother to two children under two. One (Aimee) we're going to adopt. We've had her since she was three months old. The other (Matthew) has just transitioned back into his mother's custody. We had him from the time he was eight months old until he was eighteen months. We still see him regularly. I have not yet told social services we have room for another child. But I will. And soon.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Aimee Has Two Mommies
March 03, 2009 04:06PM - My Twenty Five Things
December 28, 2008 10:41AM - So This Is Christmas...
December 25, 2008 04:46PM - Christmas Confusion
December 24, 2008 09:02PM - Did I Sign Up for This?
December 17, 2008 09:48PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Sadly there's no delete
button for me to remove my
comment.
I'm way to stressed
o…”
August 04, 2009 10:53AM - “To the person who
emailed me to tell me they are
being
facetious (and actually
de…”
August 04, 2009 08:14AM - “What is this? It's
horrible.”
August 03, 2009 09:46PM - “@Teresa M - Thank you
for your comments. I know what
a wound
adoption can cause
-…”
March 04, 2009 09:40PM - “@RickyB - thank
you!
@junk1 - I
always think if I could find
people who
think
fuck…”
March 04, 2009 04:24PM
Foster Mom's Links
Here’s the deal. I have a daughter. My daughter has two mothers. This is a fact. This is not a reality I have conjured up to torture you. I am not creating the situation, I am naming it. I didn’t plan any of this; and I’m sorry but I cannot wish… Read full post »
My Twenty Five Things
In response to this post I have compiled a list of twenty-five things about being a foster parent. Some of these things may be specific to my state and circumstance.
1. I've known very little about each of the children in our care before they came to live with us. You… Read full post »
So This Is Christmas...
It's late afternoon and I'm in bed with my laptop while my husband sleeps next to me and my daughter naps in her crib. We've had two Christmas' so far - one at my parent's house and one at a friend's house. I spent most of the time and my friends'… Read full post »
Christmas Confusion
This afternoon we took Aimee to see her parents so they could give her Christmas presents. We went to the house where they are living - with Aimee's paternal aunt and fifteen other people who are related in different ways. Aimee sat on her cousin's lap - her cousin is sixteen… Read full post »
Did I Sign Up for This?
I took the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths test today. I found out about it here. The results rank 24 different areas from strongest to weakest. My number one character trait was "modesty and humility." This struck me as an incredibly lame number one character trait. Number two was "kindness… Read full post »
Ho. Ho. Ho.
Between classes today I went to Macy's and bought a Christmas outfit for my seventeen-month-old foster daughter to wear this weekend. For eighteen years my in laws have gone to the other coast to celebrate Christmas with my husband's sister and her family. This year they're staying home and renewing… Read full post »
Stormy Weather
I spent today alone. My goddaughter Carrie's mother came home early and took the kids (normally I care for my two kids and Carrie during the day). Last Tuesday I cracked a rib and its been very painful. I've spent a lot of the last eight days trying to pretend like… Read full post »
Quiet Truth
I'm afraid to be alone with my daughter. When we are together and the house goes quiet and the phone doesn't ring the raw vulnerability of my position seeps in through the cracks and makes it hard to breathe. For the first few months of her life with us I kept… Read full post »
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