Add blogging to my list of projects. I have a t-shirt for everything I like. Nassau Bahamas, Great Danes, Ann Coulter. I'll be on e-bay in a minute looking for "Blogger Extraordinaire" in size L. But anyway, to get started I guess its appropriate to give a little background so my blog can get off its toddler feet.
Our young family has had its unhealthy times to put it sweetly. But thanks to a God more powerful than my imagination and full of more grace than the Earth is full of air, we have been pulled together and I don't mind saying we are point-blank HAPPY.
A year ago, my husband Duane (I'll call him D a lot), expressed a passion in his heart to be a foster parent and maybe adopt a child. We had casually talked about adopting for most of our relationship, but the fostering idea was new. I was unsure about it but anything big and risky piques my interest, so I agreed to go to an informational meeting with him to learn more. The night we went to the meeting we got in a monumental fight. My nerves were shot and at the end of the 2 hour meeting being a foster parent seemed really stupid. Of course, D was ready to dive in head-first. I told him, "if you want to do this, you will have to pray that God changes my heart, because I am not ready." That was in August '09.
He must have prayed, because my heart got totally turned on to bringing kids into our home and trusting God for the help to help them. Quay and Rain were on-board too. They understood that it could be fun or terrorizing. I'll share more about their thoughts later. We started classes in November. Got our certification in February. Here it is October 2010 and no foster kids. Did we miss something?
You should get a t-shirt that says "will work for bings" (bings are google hits for your blog) or "foster mom in waiting" teehhe.
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