Is it only in my house? My current foster children and my own lot are finding sleeping more difficut than before the pandemic.It's a real headache when they have to get up for virtual school, can be very upsetting.One of the first things you learn in fostering is how to deal with the middle of the night. Blue Sky put on masses of excellent training but there are some things they can't really...
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
"HE'S A RESCUE"
Took littlest foster child for a walk with the dog. We have to trek along a few pavements before we get to an overgrown sprawl of greenery where dogs are allowed off the lead.Dog loves being off the lead, as do us foster parents…On the way there we met a lady neighbour I hadn't seen for some time, her labrador had grown old and had needed to make his last trip to the vet a couple of months ago. She...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
JUST ONE LOOK AND MY HEART WENT ZOOM
Triggers are massive in fostering.Triggers happen in everyone's head all day long. You know how it goes; one thought leads to another that leads to another then is followed by a thought that gives you a feeling, the same sensation you felt at the time when the thing you've found yourself remembering actually happened.Example; like many I've been doing lots of things 'virtually'. Blue Sky Social...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
EXHIBIT 'A' YOUR HONOUR
Sometimes, not often but sometimes, you forget you are a fostering family.Which happened quite early this morning like this;I was on the landing heading for the stairs with the laundry basket and aiming to get the washine machine fired up with another load in time to get it on the drier and dry for tomorrow morning.As I got to the top of the stairs I noticed something on the carpet in the corner,...