SIDE BENEFITS OF FOSTERING

How's lockdown? Are you having the 'Ups and Downs'? I'm guessing we've all had a few things that scored a minus on our chart, plus a few plusses? It's how we deal with them that's everything. The day before yesterday a friend of mine asked me to meet her in the park and sit at opposite ends of a bench. She told me that on a scale of 10 her anxiety was 11. She hadn't slept for 2 nights on the trot...

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CLAPPING THE HEROES OF FOSTERING

Every Thursday evening at 8.00pm we join in the Blue Sky Zoom clap for frontline workers which means we aren't among the clappers in the street. So one of my neighbours enquired why we were notable by our absence. I explained, but I could tell from the look on her face that she didn't get why anyone would want to virtual clap rather than do it in public. I told her I'm applauding not only the nurses...

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RANT

I mentioned in my last post that although I manage to keep an even keel, I have to let it out sometimes. So, one time once my Blue Sky counsellor asked me if there's anything I dislike about fostering. This is how supportive they are in counselling; she didn't ask what I dislike about fostering, that's a different question from is there anything I dislike about fostering. I guessed it would seem...

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WE LOVE YOU

We're all finding out things about ourselves during this lockdown. That's eight billion of us earthlings locked down, so there's a heck of a lot of self-discovery going on. How about you then? Yes you. You who's looking at the screen with these words on it. What have you discovered about yourself during this strangest time in the planet's history. As you're on this page I'm guessing you're either...

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