May is National Foster Care Month and we thought we'd share 10 ways in 10 days you can support kids in care without becoming a foster parent. Tip #3. Donate gently used items Too often placements come with little or no worldly possessions so this is always a need for families. If you have an [...]
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National FC Month (Tip #2)
May is National Foster Care Month and we thought we'd share 10 ways in 10 days you can support kids in care without becoming a foster parent. Tip #2. Become a respite provider or approved babysitter This requires background checks and fingerprinting and training, so it is often hard to find people who are willing [...]
National FC Month (Tip #1)
May is National Foster Care Month and we thought we'd share 10 ways in 10 days you can support kids in care without becoming a foster parent. Tip Number 1: Become a CASA volunteer CASA volunteers can make a huge difference in the outcome for kids in foster care. They are sometimes the only voice [...]
2016 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference
The 2016 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference will be held October 21 & 22 at Irving Bible Church. Last year we went BACK TO BASICS, this year we decided to go BEYOND THE BASICS. We will feature TBRI trained professionals, Empowered to Connect Parent Trainers, Dr. Mandy Howard, and Dr. David Cross, co-author of [...]
What Does Your Label Say?
We live in a name it to claim it kind of world where we all like to label things. If it doesnât have a label, it doesnât make any sense. And if it doesn't make any sense, we don't know what to do with it. We even have label makers so that we can make [...]
I Get to Share my Mother’s Day
Today is Motherâs Day. It's the day we set aside to celebrate moms for all the hard work and loving attention they give to their children throughout the year. While it is a day of celebration and honor, it can be a day of conflicting emotions for some of us. Ten years ago I became [...]
What Are Your Expectations?
Let me start by saying that I believe most people mean well. But good intentions are just that, good intentions and nothing more. It is amazing what complete strangers feel the liberty to say. Some of the things Iâve heard as an adoptive dad have made me smile, grit my teeth, want to yell, and [...]
10 Ways to Support Kids in Foster Care
Ask any foster parent the phrase they hear the most and it will likely be âI could never do what you doâ or âIâd love to foster, but I could never give the kids back.â Â While it is true that not everyone is equipped to be a foster parent there are so many other ways [...]
5 Reasons You Can’t Miss the Tapestry Conference this Year
This yearâs Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference will be held October 24 & 25 at Irving Bible Church and will feature unique content across two full days. You are invited to attend one or both days. Our theme this year is Discipline that Connects and Corrects. We would love to have as many families as possible join us for one, or both days, as we share our successes and failures, our victories and shortcomings as we try to connect with our kids while we correct them.
Why Can’t You Just Move On?
We have just completed another commencement season here in Texas. High schools and colleges were graduating people by the thousands most weekends between mid-May and mid-June. In the midst of it all, I attended a high school graduation and was very impressed as I listened to the kids speak and as I heared about their [...]