Sarcasm in the Sanctuary

Kyle and I have had an exciting and busy past couple of months.  We were invited to a wedding in England, and decided to make a vacation out of it. We spent a few days in Paris before the wedding, and had a great time. I had been before in high school, but just for like a day and a half. Kyle had never been and I was happy to spend time with him in the city of love. I even got to meet John Krasinski We got back and immediately went from the airport to church camp. It was super busy and tiring, but so great. We didn't take the baby to Europe, and missed her so much. We were so excited to see her and had a great time at camp with her.  It has been a while since there has been an update on our foster journey, so here we go. We were scheduled to have the TPR (termination of parental rights) trial the week after camp. We have been counting down the days since it was scheduled back in March. The week before the trial I got a t...

Well, well, well. Where do I even begin? Since I last wrote, we have become re-certified as foster parents. On Kyle's birthday I received a call from our agency saying we were official. The guy from our agency said he wanted to explain a couple of things to make sure we were on the same page, and then he wanted to ask me a question. Um...okay? The first thing he talked about was emergency placements. This is the way Mark came into our home. This is when a child comes into care initially or needs to move foster homes for whatever reason, and what most people think about when they think of foster care.  The other thing he wanted to talk to me about was  their foster-to-adopt program and what are called legal-risk broadcasts. This is when the judge is going to terminate the parent's rights (TPR), so they order a legal-risk broadcast. The CPS worker will then send out the child's profile to all the agencies in the state. Each agency can submit up to two home studies to be...