If you are my friend in Kansas and surrounding states, you get this…literally. Many, many days we see multitudes of continual rain engulfing much of the roads and fields we see each day. And, even though today glared the light called sunshine, overflowing rivers and newly…
Mother’s Day is a complicated one. I am a mother: bio, foster, adoptive. I have an amazing mother…by legal paper. I was birthed by a mother that started with good intentions. I lived in the foster care system with many temporary mothers. I have…
I need a glass of water Most would think this is an easy statement with an easy answer. It should be. But, friends, it’s not! Recently I was on a flight to a work meeting. As usual the space was tight, the seats were hard and…
As a full circle foster child, foster care worker and foster/adoptive parent, the life I have had has not been a walk-in-the-park. I lived many days as a child scrounging for food and facing shame in foster homes of other broken caregivers and youth. For…
In times of trouble, there are still ways to find hope! Political controversies, the pandemic, crisis, mental health, disaster, fear, worry, anxiety, finances, and long-term effects of hard times seem to be the common language rolling off both our tongues and media platforms. Many days…
Whatever it is that you are feeling, thinking, fearing, hating, or loving I want to offer you a reassurance in the fight towards finding hope and resilience by saying–it is okay! We all need to hear this. May we all read it, speak it,…