Posted in Foster care on Sep 12th, 2008
We have 2 new little foster guys. They are absolutely adorable. Unfortunately, they have been in a very unstable home—I’m not sure we’ll ever know all that these guys have seen. The 6 year old has some MAJOR issues—it makes me so sad that at 6, almost 7 he has so much anger, frustration and [...]
Posted in Foster care on Jul 16th, 2008
After being a foster parent for 15 years, there children that I wonder about. There are many that I am confident they are doing fine, but I’d be less than honest if I said I didn’t worry about alot of them. Most of the time I don’t hear about them after they leave my house, so all [...]
Posted in Foster care on Jun 10th, 2008
How does a four month old child end up in foster care with 2 broken femurs? We got a phone call tonight from CPS looking for placement for this child; unfortunately we are not taking any more children until I get back from Africa. Regardless as to whether this child is in my home or not— [...]
Posted in Foster care, parenting on May 17th, 2008
I was born and raised a Baptist— a Southern Baptist. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior at the age of 7 and rededicated my life to Him at a Billy Graham Crusade in Laurel, Mississippi, when I was a sophomore in high school. My beliefs are who I am! What would [...]
Posted in Foster care on Apr 28th, 2008
This is an article that Wray and I wrote for our monthly church newsletter, The Chatter, about our foster care journey:
The smell of urine and filth assaulted my nostrils as I opened the car door to catch a glimpse of our new guests with their matted brown hair and dirt smudged faces. At 18 [...]
Posted in Foster care on Apr 27th, 2008
Now that all 462 children have been removed from the polygamist colony and placed in foster care, the media is turning to all the people who are second guessing or condemning the Texas officials who removed the children from the compound. Some say that the men should have been removed while the women and [...]