Life Gets Busy

I haven’t written much lately, and I’ve really wanted to, but life gets busy.

Being a Foster Parent sometimes means that you will be busier then you have ever been. For my family it includes not only juggling the everyday chaos of being parents to 4 amazing little humans, who are all so totally different, with sepereate needs that must be met for each one, but I also work full time outside the home, while my wife works full time inside the home in a much more complex compacity then I do. She’s amazing for all she does for our family.

Together we wade through the never ending chaos of scheduling mountains of in home and out of home appointments, these include 3 weekly parents visits, court hearings, doctors appointments, therapy and psychiatric appointments, in home visits with three different case workers, and 3 different GALs, visits with the adoption worker and paperwork for that, visits and phone calls with CASA workers, speech therapy, Early on appointments for 2 little humans, tutoring sessions, and when that’s all done we still have to take care of our appointments to care for ourselves, and all the unexpected things that pop up.

There really isn’t a day of the week were we don’t have at least one thing going on and most days of the week it’s more then one. It’s hard work, but when things start changing and you see growth and change in the kids who come to us from hard places, it’s all worth it. Every sleepless night, every tear shed, every frustration, every smile, every laugh shared, all of it is worth it!!

So my goal is to try and at least post something everyday. We will see how that works out. Meanwhile if there is anything you would like me to write about, if you want, feel free to leave me a comment on what you would like to know. Can’t wait to hear from you!!!