June 9, 2022
by Maralee
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For many years I have been telling nervous potential foster parents that if God is asking you to become a foster family, he is also asking your kids. I have encouraged parents to talk to their children, include them in … Continue reading
April 14, 2014
by Maralee
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*This is part of a series of posts on common concerns of potential foster parents.* Becoming a foster family will definitely have an impact on the children already in your home. Whether those kids are biological or adopted, toddlers or … Continue reading
January 16, 2014
by Maralee
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I love when blog readers write to me. Seriously. It’s one of my favorite things. In the last week I had two women write to me to ask me about how to prepare their hearts for the eventual pain of … Continue reading
May 3, 2013
by Maralee
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If we could be magically transported back to our own youths we would all have simultaneous heart attacks just watching all the unsafe behaviors we routinely engaged in. Kids wandering the neighborhood unsupervised, riding bikes without helmets, riding in cars … Continue reading
April 9, 2013
by Maralee
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I’m convinced that hoarding skips a generation. My mom tells this super sad story about how her mom threw away some of her treasured keepsakes while she was at school one day. That traumatized her so much that she doesn’t … Continue reading
December 7, 2011
by Maralee
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I cannot help but love the enthusiasm with which my two year-old, Danny, approaches life. At the county fair this summer we took him to see the duck races which combined two of his favorite things- water and animals. As … Continue reading