Comments on: Blogging about foster care http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: grace413 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51885 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:50:13 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51885 Your blog is plenty interesting just the way it is - that should be the least of your worries. Hoping that your family will continue to thrive. Your blog is plenty interesting just the way it is - that should be the least of your worries.

Hoping that your family will continue to thrive.

]]> by: cluttergirl http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51644 Sun, 11 May 2008 05:17:48 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51644 Keeping my fingers crossed. Incredible. 15 months. That's like nearly a year before I went to China. How time flies. How they have changed. Happy Mother's Day, Baggage. You're still my hero. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Incredible. 15 months. That’s like nearly a year before I went to China. How time flies. How they have changed.

Happy Mother’s Day, Baggage. You’re still my hero.

]]> by: Libby http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51551 Sat, 10 May 2008 21:24:45 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51551 Aw babe, I have so much admiration from you. I am remembering when you first got Bubba & Snowbaby, and how Bubba wasn't really talking yet, and how Snowbaby wouldn't let you put her down. They have come so far with you. I am usually a big proponent of family preservation, but only if it's the best situation for the kids. These kids should be with you, in my humble opinion. Much love and luck to all of you. Aw babe, I have so much admiration from you. I am remembering when you first got Bubba & Snowbaby, and how Bubba wasn’t really talking yet, and how Snowbaby wouldn’t let you put her down. They have come so far with you. I am usually a big proponent of family preservation, but only if it’s the best situation for the kids. These kids should be with you, in my humble opinion. Much love and luck to all of you.

]]> by: Lee http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51360 Sat, 10 May 2008 02:07:14 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51360 Wow. How mixed up you must feel now. Wow. How mixed up you must feel now.

]]> by: maggie http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51274 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:39:48 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51274 I don't comment often, but I read everything BECAUSE I so appreciate knowing what the day to day of foster care is like- just the job, the parts you don't always hear about because people get caught up in the court drama. Maybe I can do it too one day. Here's to hoping you get to keep your Bubba and Snowbaby, if only so I can keep reading about them! I don’t comment often, but I read everything BECAUSE I so appreciate knowing what the day to day of foster care is like- just the job, the parts you don’t always hear about because people get caught up in the court drama. Maybe I can do it too one day. Here’s to hoping you get to keep your Bubba and Snowbaby, if only so I can keep reading about them!

]]> by: MollieBee http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51265 Fri, 09 May 2008 15:31:58 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51265 Can't believe it's been that long. Lots of hugs to everyone! Can’t believe it’s been that long. Lots of hugs to everyone!

]]> by: Mindy http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51132 Fri, 09 May 2008 02:36:42 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51132 Does this mean that you can adopt them soon then? My family and I have considered fostering but to older children. My boyfriend was in foster care from the time he was 5 to 7. He would like to make a difference in the older kids lives and I admire him for it. You are a strong and loving woman... God Bless you! Does this mean that you can adopt them soon then? My family and I have considered fostering but to older children. My boyfriend was in foster care from the time he was 5 to 7. He would like to make a difference in the older kids lives and I admire him for it. You are a strong and loving woman… God Bless you!

]]> by: Cindy http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51121 Fri, 09 May 2008 01:38:54 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51121 I am going through training and homestudy now. I am also a blogger and have found it impossible not to write about my journey. I hope that I can be as respectful when I have children. I enjoy your blog and admire you for giving so much of yourself. You have given me hope that I can do this as a single mom. I am going through training and homestudy now. I am also a blogger and have found it impossible not to write about my journey. I hope that I can be as respectful when I have children. I enjoy your blog and admire you for giving so much of yourself. You have given me hope that I can do this as a single mom.

]]> by: Mary http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51112 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:50:29 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51112 My kids also have the soap opera stories. But the one thing I assure them of is their birth mother did and does love them. I talk to them about the good things she did ... and the not so good. As an adoptee, I know all too well the ability (and maybe even need) to fantasize about birth family. The "if only" thoughts can cause a lot of havoc. And as much as a person tries, this knowledge has to be found first-hand or it's never truly believed. I hope this is resolved soon for all of you so that you can be their mommy in spirit and in the law. My kids also have the soap opera stories. But the one thing I assure them of is their birth mother did and does love them. I talk to them about the good things she did … and the not so good. As an adoptee, I know all too well the ability (and maybe even need) to fantasize about birth family. The “if only” thoughts can cause a lot of havoc. And as much as a person tries, this knowledge has to be found first-hand or it’s never truly believed.

I hope this is resolved soon for all of you so that you can be their mommy in spirit and in the law.

]]> by: Lisa http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51057 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:15:46 +0000 http://baggageandbug.com/2008/05/08/blogging-about-foster-care/#comment-51057 I've been reading your blog since right before you adopted Bug -- it's been a long journey and you've given so much of yourself to these kids over the years, and they've given you so much. Since Bubba and Snowbaby have truly flourished with you, I could only hope that they will continue on that path, whether that is with you, or with a birth parent who has learned to provide the same level of care (by all accounts that doesn't seem likely). But I hope for their sake (and your sake) that this is resolved for them very soon. Thinking of all you and hoping for a positive resolution that will be in the best interests of everyone involved! I’ve been reading your blog since right before you adopted Bug — it’s been a long journey and you’ve given so much of yourself to these kids over the years, and they’ve given you so much. Since Bubba and Snowbaby have truly flourished with you, I could only hope that they will continue on that path, whether that is with you, or with a birth parent who has learned to provide the same level of care (by all accounts that doesn’t seem likely). But I hope for their sake (and your sake) that this is resolved for them very soon. Thinking of all you and hoping for a positive resolution that will be in the best interests of everyone involved!

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