Posts by sagewinna

and boy can my girlie scream and throw a tantrum!   I know she's testing limits and melting down for a reason, I know it's all part of the process for her, it's so hard to see her struggle. Tell me about your experience with...

I am so thankful she wants me to comfort her when she's sad. I know that means she has a good attachment with her foster mom and that will make it more likely that we will have a good attachment. I know she misses her foster brother a...

Absolutely. After the foster fam gets back from a 2 week vacation they are coming for a visit, and we plan to keep in touch and see each other once in a while. They live a few hours from here.   We are very blessed, our...

After a week and a half of visits, today our daughter was officially placed with us! :) It was sad, pulling away from her foster families house. We are lucky, she's been with them the whole time she's been in care, almost 7 months. She...

Yay!!

Our disclosure meeting yesterday went very well, and we got to meet her afterward. This morning we said yes officially! She just turned 2.   We will have a visit every few days until the 25th, when she will come home to stay....

Thanks. I totally thought I was prepared to hear what had happened, but it was much more horrifying than I could have imagined. I think it will haunt us for a good long time. It was really hard not to go with the emotional reaction of...

Well, it was heartbreaking. :( It was so hard to hear their history and we are both feeling very emotional and raw.   We are going to decline the match. The baby's medical challenges are much more significant than we thought,...

We have a disclosure meeting tomorrow about 2 little boys, 4 y/o and under 1 y/o. (In Ca. only one family gets chosen for the meeting and if all parties are agreeable the next morning it's a match). The baby has some medical issues and...

Oh, Beck, I really hope this is it for you guys!