Thursday, January 30, 2014

FWL Episode 18 - Let's Do This Again

In this episode I talk about how we went about getting re-licensed to be foster parents after our break from doing it for a while and we had a middle of the night placement of two kids! Brother and sister. Sad stuff. We're back on this foster parenting journey again. 


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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Approved to be Foster Parents Again!

We've filled out the paperwork, faxed and emailed more paperwork, had our fingerprints taken again for the background check and we are now once again approved to be foster parents. Your license lasts three years in Washington state where we are I believe and we let ours expire because we had a lot going on with home schooling and jobs and all sorts of new things but now we're going to be foster parents again. 

Unless we get a placement our first time fostering again will be respite care overnight for a friend who's a foster parent. I'm guessing there will be a new episode, hopefully more than one, this February of 2014. Thanks everyone!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

We Took A Break, Back Soon, & A Gift

For many reasons we let our foster care licence expire. We needed to focus on our kids. We pulled our oldest two out of school and started homeschooling, we decided my wife should stop working full time and come back home, etc. What does any of this mean to you? It means that no this podcast is not dead yet even though it seems that it has podfaded. There will be new episodes in 2014. We will be doing foster care again. New adventures will be had! I almost recorded another farewell episode to close this bad boy out for good but I'm glad I didn't. That said, yeah... I'm sorry it's been so long since there has been an update let alone a new podcast episode around here. Come next year there will be new episodes. Thanks everyone and I hope you have a terrific holiday season. Since I have nothing for you hear but a promise of things to come, I give you a heart warming Christmas tale that I wrote and recorded back in 2010. It's called "All I Want for Christmas is a V.R. Supercube." Enjoy.

 A Gift to you dear listener:
                                                                                                               
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Also if you're looking for more Christmas fiction to enjoy, check out my blog post on how I read and/or listen to Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" every year. In this post and this sentence below you will find links to legally free fantastic copies of the novel in both eBook and audiobook formats. Enjoy! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

FWL Episode 17 - You Must Have Your Hands Full

In this episode I catch everyone up on the big things that have happened with our long term placement, and several other foster care placements we've had since then.



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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

New Episode Recorded


I actually recorded an episode tonight! Look for it to drop tomorrow. I have A LOT of updates to share with you guys, we've taken in a ton of placements. It should be a good one. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

I'm Alive, New Episode Soon


So, this podcast has pretty much dropped off the face of the Earth. In short, we've been busy. The reason? My wife started working full time. Once I got home from work, she'd head out. She now is going to get to work from home some days and I've cut back to part time so it won't be as crazy - but right now she's training people and is working a ton. My youngest son has also been sick pretty much all winter and finally just had surgery to get his adenoids out which should help him. It's been a long few months. The biggest reason, however, is that I landed a gig narrating an audio book and it has kept every scrap of my free time filled. It's wrapping it up though and I hope to get it finished this week.

That said it's been a long time since I recorded the last episode and I have a lot to share about our journey with our current foster guy. I hope to drop the episode sometime next week after I finish the audio book I'm producing. Hope all has been well with you!

Friday, March 1, 2013

FWL Episode 16 - Cultural Conundrums


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In this episode I talk about how we found out our foster child is part Native American and what that means for adoption possibilities.

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