One of the hidden benefits of becoming a Foster Carer is that it opens up your social world to a pool of people who are all candidates to be your new best friend.Lonliness is one of the curses of the age, and there are times when we foster parents feel alone, such as the middle of the night with a restless foster child. Alone but not lonely, because next morning we can pick up the phone to our...
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Monday, March 22, 2021
I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU MR BOND
Foster children who come into your home, into your life, they're all unique. Their uniqueness unfolds in the first days and weeks as you spot quirks and traits and oddities about them.There are also several key things the poor dears have in common, one of which is a neverending surprise to me, despite all the years I've been at it.They all care immensely about the adults who have let them down....
Friday, March 12, 2021
AN ARMCHAIR LEWIS HAMILTON
If you read this post anytime in 2021 you won't need me to tell you that there's a pandemic going on. I suspect that someone reading this in the not too distant future will wonder "What's she going on about?"Blogs tend to hang around in the ether, what a great tool they'll be for the social historians who'll try to assess how humanity dealt with this bizzare episode in our history.Fostering...
Thursday, March 04, 2021
SMART FOSTER MUM CALLING...
This'll make you laugh.One of the tricky questions in fostering is what do foster children call their foster parents.I have one who calls my partner 'dad' but doesn't call me 'mum', I get called by my name, which is the child's choice and I'm fine with that.We've found that most foster children prefer to call us by our first names. I recieved a Christmas gift under the Christmas tree last Christmas...