We have a new arrival in our house, Ryder. She's settling in really well, a lovely young person. I'll tell you something that'll warm the cockles in a sec.
I often have to pull myself up and remind myself how hellishly stressful it must be for foster children, especially the first week.
Someone once researched life's most stressful experiences, things like getting divorced or a death in the...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Thursday, July 12, 2018
SELF HARMING
Dana comments on a recent post in which I mentioned that mild self-harming is becoming some sort of misdirected fashion fad among young people. Dana says;
"I don't think self harm scars could ever put anyone in the realm of 'cool'. As someone who has several hundred that I have to live with (and cover up for work etc) they're certainly not. They represent a period of intense trauma and the...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
MY BOAT TO THE LAND OF COOL HAS SAILED. WITHOUT ME...
Ryder slept through on her first night (a Thursday) with us okay, or at least didn't wake us up.
But first early morning with a new child, you're alert.
On a school morning I need everyone to be getting going by 7.00am, the family knows how it happens, but when you have a new addition you are on your toes to mother the new child without being overbearing.
How to wake her up and make sure she's...
Thursday, July 05, 2018
THE ARRIVAL Pt 2
It's early evening.
It's a tense time waiting for a foster child to arrive. She's now in her bedroom sorting her stuff.
4.00pm Earlier today
During the school run home I told my real and foster children that a new arrival would be joining the family later this afternoon.
They were only slightly curious, maybe a tad worried - in secret - about what it would do to their status, rights and...
NEW ARRIVAL!
10.05 am Earlier Today
My mobile rings. I don't get many actual calls these days on the mobile. Friends and family, we text each other.
An actual spoken call means one of two things: something quite important or unimportant such as a cold caller on about PPI.
It's important; the Blue Sky placement team. Would I be willing to take a child who is being taken into care today. A nine year-old girl whose...