February 23, 2019 I was on my way to the peninsula for an appointment when I got a call from the emergency placement team at Social Services. For some reason I decided to pick up the phone. They had a little boy that was 2 days old (for some reason I heard 2 months old...do'h!)... Continue Reading →

I'm determined that this is the last time I write a blog called "The Start of Year..." and I'm sure you'll all be happy when I no longer have to write that. If I knew six years ago what I know now, I wouldn't have started this process. What is done is done and hopefully... Continue Reading →

We're at the end of another year and what a year it was. We saw a huge and much needed movement for social justice brought to the forefront, we experienced a heated and controversial presidential election, California lost millions of acres due to wild fires, and oh yeah, that COVID thing. Whew! I think just... Continue Reading →

Just when I thought we were cruising along, we hit a big bump in the road. Ugh! Another one. My patience is running really thin. Little man has been with me for 20 months now and every month we have the routine monthly social worker check-in. A week and a half ago the social worker... Continue Reading →

The toilet...it's a whole new world for little man. No, he's not potty training, yet he's finding everything possible to put in it. Over the last few days he's tried to see if snacks float in the toilet, he's tried to see if glasses help you see better once they've been submerged in toilet water,... Continue Reading →