One thing that's always struck me in fostering is that the poor dears who come to us for care often open up about their lives; but not always to their Foster Carers.
We find out in roundabout ways that they have talked to their Physics teacher, or maybe they've opened up to your nephew at a family barbecue.
I know it's pathetic of me but every time it happens I feel a tiny bit jilted. My logical...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Friday, July 19, 2019
WHY FOSTERING IS LIKE THE INTERNET
I used to go to Sunday school when I was little and found out after a couple of years why my parents - who doubted the God thing themselves - sent me. I'll save that bit to last, it's quite juicy.
Only, I remember exactly where I was when I too began to doubt the whole God thing. I was in church. At Sunday School.
A guest vicar got up to give us a sermon and he started it like this:
"Hello...
Sunday, July 14, 2019
POCKET MONEY AGONIES SOLVED
Does anyone think they get paid enough for their work? I bet not. Somewhere in the darkest recesses of all our minds is the sweet notion that we are worth more.
I bet that Jeff Bezos thinks that the family members who invested a few thousand dollars in his Amazon start-up don't really deserve to be worth billions of (his) money in return, and that he (Jeff) should actually be even richer. And at...
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
DWIM
Being a Foster Carer keeps you up with the times.
You have to know your Brendan Urie from your Shawn Mendes, and your Game of Thrones from your Lucifer. In contrast you cannot let on that you like Love Island and have a good idea of who is doing what with whoever because that belongs to them and they don't want you in on that sort of private stuff.
Children have always had their own languages designed...