I'm not one for quick fixes. Come to think of it I'm not one for anything done 'quick'.For example you can keep quick drivers. And 'get rich quick' schemes.Our children are facing the most chaotic academic year since WW2, all down to the covid pandemic.Government UK seems hell-bent on getting schools opened asap despite the obvious risks. They tell us that if we don't cram hundreds of kids cheek-by-jowl...
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Monday, December 21, 2020
FLASHBULB MEMORIES
Foster children come and go and we're left with little flashbulb memories of them as souvenirs.Kate was a big sixteen-year-old girl - I never normally include people's size when decribing them but in her case it was so significant that her social worker told us about it in preparing us for her arrival.Kate had been removed from an abusive home.The father went to prison and her adult sister was allowed...
Sunday, December 13, 2020
A BIG SURPRISE FROM ONE FOSTER CHILD
Eldest foster child took a stance about Christmas that surprised me.Eldest is tough as old boots, has never knowingly done or said anything sentimental in the several years I'm proud of having him in my brood.I didn't get his stance until I heard someone say something on TV about Christmas and the penny dropped.The programme was on Sky Arts which we watch sometimes for Tales Of The Unexpected.It was...
Saturday, December 05, 2020
FOSTERING FAMILY MONTH
December is Fostering Family month at Blue Sky.We (me, my other half, and our children) used to be a family, now we are a fostering family.When we were just a family we were typical of many families; we managed to stick together through thick and thin, we had likes and dislikes about being a family, and like most families we didn't pay enough attention to the likes, instead harped on mostly...