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[...] out there as well? The post What I Wore Wednesday: Spring Boho Floral appeared first on Our Cone Zone. [...]

[...] . Perhaps we need to get out more. The post A Letter to My 4 Year Old appeared first on Our Cone Zone. [...]

[...] ’s frustration in check! The post 5 Essential Items For Parenting Toddlers appeared first on Our Cone Zone. [...]

[...] kid-free dates in the near future! The post What I Wore– Date At the Mall appeared first on Our Cone Zone. [...]

[...] hop has grown and love to see your faces each week! Join us every Tuesday at 7am (MST). This blog hop focuses on content. LINK UP YOUR FAVORITE POST from last week in this fun content-sharing blog [...]

[...] Welcome to the Let’s Be Friends Blog Hop! A blog hop is a set time frame for current or aspiring bloggers to find new blogs and quality content. It [...]

[...] Welcome to the Let’s Be Friends Blog Hop! A blog hop is a set time frame for current or aspiring bloggers to find new blogs and quality content. It [...]

[...] Welcome to the Let’s Be Friends Blog Hop! A blog hop is a set time frame for current or aspiring bloggers to find new blogs and quality content. It [...]

[...] of failing to protect my son’s babylike innocence has been the hardest thing to process about foster care. But I recently ran across this quote from one of my husband’s favorite authors, G.K. [...]

[...] !), to funny/inappropriate stories, to outfit posts. This blog IS full of articles about foster care, and will continue to be so. You see, when we first started foster care, there were not many [...]

[...] There are currently nearly 400,000 children in foster care in the United States, with close to a third of them who are waiting to be adopted. The need is [...]

[...] 2014, it’s surprising to me that my favorite and, coincidentally, most popular posts were about foster care and adoption. All of these posts were written out of desperation– a way to express an [...]

[...] One of the biggest benefits to taking a break from being a foster parent is that I have more time and energy to process and think about life. Sure, we’re also just [...]

[...] I was able to bring these raw thoughts forward today and have our mentor (who was also a foster parent, in addition to mothering her 5 children!) tell me that I can scream and shout these [...]

[...] . So, in a nutshell, here it is: How YOU Can Help Foster Children, without becoming an actual foster parent. 1. Bring a Meal: There’s a reason we have meal trains for families who just welcomed a [...]

[...] an hour of reading about how she was a basket case and shouldn’t even be a foster parent. They were critiquing a foster parent who was battered and tattered after a week of fighting [...]

[...] to learn from the way they handled this decision making process. We need more adoptive and foster parents like these people. Last week, as we were headed to our foster child’s pre-K commencement, I [...]

[...] who resonate with what I’ve been through and that I’ve even been able to help other foster parents not to feel so alone. 4. My church: While we loved our small parish in CA, it was an [...]

[...] !” By helping and supporting foster children and foster parents in these ways, you could make a huge impact in the life of a child. So, in a nutshell, here [...]

[...] helped us navigate it. As a result… This blog IS a tool for me to encourage other foster parents, both current and future.  Three years ago, I had absolutely no idea foster care was in [...]

[...] fun content from the past week. Make sure to check them out. P.S.- you may still link up your blog button and blog name, but it is encouraged to link up your favorite post instead. You will get more [...]

[...] fun content from the past week. Make sure to check them out. P.S.- you may still link up your blog button and blog name, but it is encouraged to link up your favorite post instead. You will get more [...]

[...] fun content from the past week. Make sure to check them out. P.S.- you may still link up your blog button and blog name, but it is encouraged to link up your favorite post instead. You will get more [...]

[...] fun content from the past week. Make sure to check them out. P.S.- you may still link up your blog button and blog name, but it is encouraged to link up your favorite post instead. You will get more [...]

[...] ;DON’T SEND ME AWAY! DON’T SEND ME AWAY!”. He didn’t understand why our foster boys were leaving (visits with their family) and thought we were sending them away when they were [...]

[...] station in between. You will notice there are not many toys out– back when we had 2 foster boys in addition to our 2, I learned that I could only keep out as many toys as I could [...]

[...] / Shoes: Target/ Earrings: Gift from Mexico Things are really settling down here now that our foster boys have been moved, but I already miss them so much! I am already counting down the days until I [...]

[...] . I go to church because my life depends on it, quite literally. Mini-Rant-Over-and-Out. Our foster boys were finally moved from the home we found for them in CA. I can already tell that this is for [...]

[...] guy who started it had been told he’d never walk again, and he used Bikram yoga to completely restore his knee). The heat makes your muscles SO loose, you’re able to crazy [...]

[...] could make in just half a month. If I can do it, so can you! Now go get em’, Tiger! The post Bikram Yoga– PROGRESS! appeared first on Our Cone Zone. [...]

[...] my digestive issues under control, once we got to TX in August I started practicing yoga (bikram yoga, to be specific) and started seeing a specialist about my chronic pain/autoimmune issues. [...]

[...] when you factor in the need for a big truck. Our current one is pretty beat up too after our foster kids, so I’m thinking a fresh start would be nice. This one isn’t crazy expensive, and [...]

[...] ;ve been quite busy. Trying to sell your house, while finding an adoptive home for your foster kids, WHILE trying to find a place to live halfway across the country is exhausting, turns [...]

[...] include being an actual foster parent. In fact, if more people stepped up and helped foster kids (and parents!) in these ways, we wouldn’t see such a high attrition rate for [...]

[...] half as stressed during our first foster care placement. This blog is NOT a place to share my foster kids’ personal stories or information. There are rules about these things, rules which I have [...]

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[...] grown and love to see your faces each week! Join us every Tuesday at 7am (MST). This blog hop focuses on content. LINK UP YOUR FAVORITE POST from last week in this fun content-sharing blog [...]

[...] grown and love to see your faces each week! Join us every Tuesday at 7am (MST). This blog hop focuses on content. LINK UP YOUR FAVORITE POST from last week in this fun content-sharing blog [...]

[...] grown and love to see your faces each week! Join us every Tuesday at 7am (MST). This blog hop focuses on content. LINK UP YOUR FAVORITE POST from last week in this fun content-sharing blog [...]