The reason we are big proponents of Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) at our house is that it works for everyone. It doesn't matter if the children are adopted, birth or foster this stuff just works. Perhaps an explanation of our family dynamics would help to illustrate the point. I'll be brief. We have three [...]
Category: Home
Foster the People
Last Monday we opened our home to a twenty one month old little boy and his four day old sister. Being the home kids are placed in immediately after they are removed from their families is very surreal. It almost feels like you're watching a movie. I can only start to imagine how traumatic it [...]
A Fist Full of Dollars
We are all aware that a dollar doesn't buy what it used to anymore. It seems like dollar menus have fewer items, even songs on iTunes are a buck twenty-nine now. Everywhere you turn the dollar seems to be losing it's power. Except of course at the Dollar Tree. I had the day off today [...]
Healing Homes
I love music. I love listening to music, I love playing music, I love watching music, I love almost any kind of music. Pandora is on more than the TV at our house. One of my favorite artists is Third Day. Some years ago they released a song called Cry Out to Jesus. Here is [...]
How Do You Define Success?
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote one of the best definitions of success I have ever read a long time ago. Which is good because that's when he was alive. That Man is a Success Who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; Who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; [...]
Peace in the Valley
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he [...]
The Truth About Loss
Nothing ever prepares you for the deep sadness of losing a child. Last December we had to say goodbye to a precious little boy we had hoped to keep forever. He was a foster child in our home for 7 months and we were told we would be able to adopt him. God had other [...]
Banana girl’s story
As a preemie, weighing only 1 lb. at birth, you can be sure that our girl is quite a fighter! She went through many surgeries, hospitalizations and medications in her first few years. Now she is a happy, healthy 6 year old who is ready for anything! To say that our foster care journey with [...]