One of the biggest changes in family life over the last few years has given all families something to think about, especially families who foster.It's got to do with how families hunker down in the evening.When I was a child there was no central heating so the entire family huddled together around in the one heated room in the colder months. Only one source of heat; some type of fire.And there...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Sunday, March 12, 2023
THE HUGGER'S DILEMMA
A fellow foster parent added a comment to the piece "Slipping through my fingers".It almost brought a tear to my eye.The person spoke of not being able to forget a child who slipped through their fingers years and years ago.Aren't some people truly wonderful.There's a lot of love in that home of theirs!Let's think for a moment about how much care goes into how a foster parent expresses the different...
Monday, March 06, 2023
SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS
Harrowing.It's always uplifting and upsetting when Blue Sky's Placement Team telephone you and ask if you'd "Consider taking a child who…"Then they give you a thumbnail of the child's backstory, over the phone. They use the most immediate way of getting to you and getting a bead on whether you might be up for it, and that remains the spoken word. I guess some organisations might do it differently,...