Village, I am happy to announce that I have been approved to be a foster parent in my county!!!!!!!!! It was a very long process of classes, paperwork, interviews, a homestudy, and more, but I'm now officially approved to do foster care. It took 7 months, but I'm very happy to have this new chapter,... Continue Reading →

The below post was written by someone I know.  I love it and think that it's important to post. Many times (especially me on this blog) we forget that adoption is a tripod - the adoptive parents, the birth parents, and the child(ren). There was never a time I didn’t know I was adopted. But... Continue Reading →

I was recently listening to a video or a podcast (I can't remember) and the person being interviewed made the comment that "You are always right on time. You are where you're supposed to be."  I loved this quote - obviously because I'm writing about it now. I've said it over and over again, the... Continue Reading →

I'm incredibly lucky to have parents who have always supported me. They may not have always liked what I have done/do, but I know that they support me. 99% of the time they like and approve what I do, but every now and then... 😉 When I completed my homestudy and was approved for private... Continue Reading →

When I was in my late 20s I started doing triathlons. In total, I probably did about 20 and distances ranged from a sprint to the final tri I did, Ironman.  Training for Ironman, at times, felt like a full time job. There was working out 6 days a week with Saturday and Sundays being... Continue Reading →