My iCloud account is near its limit, do I want to 'upgrade'? 'Upgrade' means pay money, so I decided to delete some stuff. I got rid of an album of nursery rhymes.
Nursery rhymes. They're weird right?
So Humpty Dumpty is all about some English King and Ring a Ring 'o Roses is about the Black Death.
Or something like that.
What small children like about them beats me, except maybe they...
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Thursday, June 23, 2016
PRACTISING HUGS
Our newest foster child is coming on.
Hugs are a tricky business in fostering, a child needs to understand the value of an arm round their shoulder...here's what happened;
We were woken up at 5.00am by a whimpering from the bedroom, Romeo was having a nightmare. I went in and woke him gently to rescue him from whatever was going on in his dream.
Romeo begged me not to leave him, the dream...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
MARKS, SET...GO!
Oh-oh, here comes sports day.
Rarely suits foster children, for lots of reasons.
First up; children who are taken into care are rarely sporty. Okay there are a few headliners who end up as footballers, but they're the exception.
The foster boys you get might sometimes say they support Man U, but they've never been to a game, although their 'dad' is a regular, even goes to the away games where "..people...
Friday, June 10, 2016
AN 'EMERGENCY'
It was 2.45am.
I was awake but I didn't know why. I lay there.
Heard a beep. A tiny beep, literally could have been a mouse.
We've got a neat bedside lamp, you touch the base once and it lights up very dimly. My other half is in a deep sleep.
There's the beep again.
Slide out of bed and check the technology; not coming from my phone, or the Kindle or the iPad. Or the alarm clock.
There...
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
INDEPENDENCE AND THE FOSTER CHILD 2
So, as half term ended I found out why Independence was such a big thing for one of my looked-afters.
It was their topic.
Yur.
Their topic at school.
Nice one eh? Sure they go to school to learn where Berlin is and how to divide fractions, but it's cracking to know they also explore the world that really matters.
And boy does independence matter to them.
This is what happened:
The child invited...
Sunday, June 05, 2016
WAITING FOR YOUR FIRST PLACEMENT
Two independent comments on the last post were from foster carers in the exact same boat; they've been approved and are awaiting their first placement.
I sat early this morning reading their comments at the kitchen table with a cup of tea at my elbow (I'm on unsweetened soya milk these days and I genuinely prefer it to cow's which got too lactose bloaty for me). The family, our weird-shaped family...
Friday, June 03, 2016
INDEPENDENCE AND THE FOSTER CHILD
Sorry I've been a bit quiet for a few days - half term.
Normally during school holidays I can find time for the laptop or the ipad, I'm now known for sitting with it on my knee while watching the box.
This half term there was a distraction that took up most of my poor wee brain.
One of our looked-after children got the independence bug.
It was always going to arrive, of course; it did with my...