It's nearly June right now. Anyone who visits our house around this time of year could be forgiven for thinking I'm the lousiest homemaker in the world (I'm down there with the worst of them, but June is standout unkempt in our house). The hedge needs trimming, the grass is up past the ankles. The windows are foggy, the larder is half-empty, the shower head needs de-limescaling.It was a lad called...
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Saturday, May 22, 2021
A THOUSAND AND ONE REASONS TO FOSTER
Our Blue Sky social worker has been extra-brilliant recently. At the time of writing the world is still reeling under the pandemic. The media are chockfull of items about vaccines, social distancing, masks, fresh air, handwashing…I could go on but you know yourself. There's precius little time for anything else on the news and in the papers.A lot of important things are not getting the attention...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
THE IMPORTANCE OF PESTLE AND MORTAR
Food is always so important to looked-after kids. I always get around to asking them about their history of food and how it worked (or didn't) in the home they'd been removed from. But it's best to make these enquiries without them thinking you're prying.Food is everything to them. One of my current lot goes furtively to the fridge after I've done a supermarket run to admire the full shelves. A...
Friday, May 07, 2021
ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW AROUND THE CORNER
When you begin in fostering, especially the first night of your first foster child in your home, it's a little piece of your life you never forget.My first foster child was a respite case, he stayed two nights and was gone. Ran me ragged Tyrone did, but that was mainly because I hadn't any experience. It was all new and a bit hair-raising. No getting away from it; you only truly know what fostering...