This blog post shares a personal perspective on behavior issues related to food scarcity experienced by a foster family. The author highlights the challenges faced by their adopted children, who were initially diagnosed with "failure to thrive." The article emphasizes the importance of having a reliable meal and snack schedule, offering familiar or comfort foods, feeding based on emotional age, and recognizing how food helps regulate children. The author hopes to raise awareness and encourage compassion and support for foster and adoptive families who work hard to ensure their children feel loved and cared for.
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This blog post shares the author's experience of having their adoptive & biological children participate in a t-ball league. Despite forgetting to sign them up initially, they were grateful to find out that there were still spots available. The author learned valuable lessons throughout the season, such as the importance of perseverance and improvement even when starting out with limited skills. They also realized that enjoying the experience and supporting other teams is just as important as winning. Additionally, the author learned that maturity is more important than age when it comes to participating in sports. Overall, they had a positive experience and plan on continuing to be a sports family in the future.
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After going through the journey of adopting two children, Naomi took a step back from personal blogging. Now that she have settled into her new role as an adoptive parent, she is excited to return to blogging and to share their stories, adventures, and lessons learned. Naomi is also looking forward to sharing her family's experiences with homeschooling, hiking, and health transformations. She expresses her gratitude to their Young Living team and reminds readers that their purpose in life is to help others, offering support and assistance to anyone in need.
We adopted our two foster children several Fridays ago! And yet we were still waiting…
We were waiting because their youngest biological sibling was still waiting too. And she was adopted last week, so now all 8 kids are adopted into safe & permanent homes!
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It has been a long 3 plus years we’ve been a foster family, and the experience has been so unique and challenging I’ve actually committed to writing a book about it!
And I’m THRILLED to say that all is coming to an end this week!
Because we are FINALLY ADOPTING!!
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