I think we can all agree that parenting is hard. Those of us who are foster and/or adoptive parents have an extra layer or many layers added onto that. The Refresh Conference recently posted a question that I really thought long and hard about before answering. What is the best part about being a foster parent? I can tell you what's not, that's for sure. :) But I thought long and hard about what keeps me going when the going gets hard? What makes me say yes when placement calls and asks if we can take a child or siblings? This....
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Picture Speaks for Itself...
Before moving to the Bahamas, my husband and I were foster parents. How/why we became foster parents is for another post or, more like a few posts. But recently I started following The Refresh Conference on Instagram. What is that? It's a 3 day conference for foster and adoptive families to do just what it says... get Refreshed. I went the first year and it was amazing! I highly recommend going if you are foster or adoptive parent. I was so sad that we couldn't travel to go the past 2 years while we have been here.
I think we can all agree that parenting is hard. Those of us who are foster and/or adoptive parents have an extra layer or many layers added onto that. The Refresh Conference recently posted a question that I really thought long and hard about before answering. What is the best part about being a foster parent? I can tell you what's not, that's for sure. :) But I thought long and hard about what keeps me going when the going gets hard? What makes me say yes when placement calls and asks if we can take a child or siblings? This....
I think we can all agree that parenting is hard. Those of us who are foster and/or adoptive parents have an extra layer or many layers added onto that. The Refresh Conference recently posted a question that I really thought long and hard about before answering. What is the best part about being a foster parent? I can tell you what's not, that's for sure. :) But I thought long and hard about what keeps me going when the going gets hard? What makes me say yes when placement calls and asks if we can take a child or siblings? This....
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