Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Ap Is In!

I just dropped of my application for fostering today! I'm really excited and hopeful about this. Right now I am searching the internet for whatever I can find on the topic while I wait to hear from a caseworker!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

First Step

I've decided I'm going to pick up an application for foster care today. We've been talking about it for a few months now and I feel that we are both ready and committed enough to start the process. It doesn't feel scarey or forced. Instead it feels exciting and "right". For awhile there we were talking about selling EVERYTHING and trying to make a go of it in "travel mode", starting with Costa Rica. But the economy keeps us from selling our business and likely our house, for what they are really worth to us. So, we've come to terms with the fact that we may be grounded here in the mountains for a couple years at least. Fostering will give me the challenge I feel that I need at this point in my life. I'm also feeling a little bit like I'd like to have a child in my home. I wrestle with what that feeling is. I am not sure if I want to have kids of my own. I'm not sure if I want a baby. I don't think I crave that. So, I belive fostering will be good for me.