Category: foster mom

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  2019, The Year and The Decade

  “There is so much that I can make happen, and for the first time in a long while, I am excited!”

  December 31, 2019
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  4 Years Ago… A New Blog

  4 years ago, I started a blog. I needed a way to express what I was feeling after losing my foster son back to the Department of Children & Families (DCF). It was a horrible time in my life. I have never felt so low, so pointless.

  January 5, 2019
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  When You Fear Yourself

  There were brief moments, tiny myopic moments, seconds that I could see my reality. In these moments of lucidity, I became scared.  I was frightened at what I was becoming and how fast my body and brain were transforming.  Fortunately (or unfortunately) these moments of clarity were scarce because my…

  January 16, 2018
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  A Letter To My Former Foster Son As You Turn 5

  My Sweet Little Boy, I can hardly believe it has been a little over two years since you left our home. I can still remember your toddler-self walking in circles around the house. I can still hear your voice so vividly as I would come down the stairs in the morning,…

  March 16, 2017