tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:34:37 +0000therapypaperworksystemchallengeschildrendreamsdocumentationlawcourtlicensingfosterfamilyvisitparentinghearingbackstoryprotectivenessadoptiona personal account of raising foster children and adopting. written by a gay man living in suburban nj.http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (sean)Blogger50125gayadoptionandfosterchildrenhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-37481442081144286Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:42:00 +00002010-02-11T13:15:34.917-05:00It's been a long time since I updated this blog. A lot has changed in the meantime. Rob and I are no longer together. People have asked whether having foster kids strained the relationship and my answer is always no. The kids we were fortunate enough to have were jewels that we both loved being foster parents to.As noted previously, all of the foster kids have gone home. So the house is quiethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/YBQUKgp75s4/re-opening-wounds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=YBQUKgp75s4:4SsDm8yBP0U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/YBQUKgp75s4" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2010/02/re-opening-wounds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-8545420908525384827Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:22:00 +00002009-06-30T12:26:07.476-04:00So Rob and I got invited to attend the pre-school graduation of our first foster child. She's been back home with her biological family for quite a while so it was a pleasant surprise to hear from the family.I'll be honest, in that I had some concerns about us attending the small town ceremony in rural NJ. I was hoping to just shuffle in and sit in the back and celebrate with the little one http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/49wHYeMdVAE/out-of-mouths-of-babes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=49wHYeMdVAE:BjWx_Eolf_I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/49wHYeMdVAE" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-mouths-of-babes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-709091715243831023Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:28:00 +00002009-02-12T14:34:52.834-05:00Well it's time for another big change in our house. The time has come to say good bye to the brother and sister (ages 12 and 8 now) that we've been foster parents to for a year this month. The process to get them back home has started with weekend visits and talking through the transition with all parties.It's not easy saying goodbye but in this case the adjustment wont be so hard for us as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/S_xOn3me2yk/saying-goodbye-to-foster-kids-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=S_xOn3me2yk:be1HF7FE_FM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/S_xOn3me2yk" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2009/02/saying-goodbye-to-foster-kids-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-903823563169589870Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:43:00 +00002009-01-22T08:46:12.197-05:00Question: If you name your 3 children:-Adolf Hitler Campbell-Joyce Lynn Aryan Nation Campbell-Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie CampbellCan that be considered an act of abuse? Is it free speech?Here in NJ, two parents who named their children the above and were refused a birthday cake for little Adolf at a grocery store are getting a lot of press. After the article that reported the cake refusal was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/vieJskSzLBU/can-simply-naming-your-child-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=vieJskSzLBU:GD9brjMM9E8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/vieJskSzLBU" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2009/01/can-simply-naming-your-child-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-6178117173677153153Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:38:00 +00002008-12-29T11:45:52.512-05:00You may be wondering why a film review on a gay adoption blog? Well, Harvey Milk's story directly impacts our ability to adopt and foster children. Were it not for Mr. Milk's tireless efforts to get some equality for gay and lesbian people back during his short political life, I truly doubt gay adoption and foster parenting would be a possibility at all.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/SGfYVjAzHN0/milk-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=SGfYVjAzHN0:2DeUNpNstFI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/SGfYVjAzHN0" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/12/milk-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-7469963394099735175Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:14:00 +00002008-12-26T19:14:39.459-05:00Well it's the day after Christmas as I type this and today the kids get to go on their first weekend visit in preparation for going home. It's going to be very quiet around here without their fun loving kid energy around the house. Flexibility sure is key as a foster parent as we were being told up until 2 days ago that the visit would be postponed. It's a good thing at least one of us is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/YNRovxTcbw4/dear-god-please-give-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=YNRovxTcbw4:-Fj5fZLNTmo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/YNRovxTcbw4" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/12/dear-god-please-give-me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-5298021390346010018Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:02:00 +00002008-11-14T15:38:08.440-05:00Now that it's been over a month since we said goodbye to the 4 year old, we've turned our full attention to the older two kids. Brother and sister, they are bright, chatty, and charming kids full of love and light like kids should be.When they joined our home, the little one was the little queen of the house. She required so much attention and would take it from anyone that walked in the door http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/HO8IpiAWbT4/quantity-and-quality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=HO8IpiAWbT4:lA8zYQPaqGY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/HO8IpiAWbT4" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/11/quantity-and-quality.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-8313768542743092352Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:13:00 +00002008-10-24T08:26:01.869-04:00Now that we've got just two {!} foster kids that are a little older, I'm beginning to notice a pattern. I'm sure this is not limited to kids in foster care but I think the family situation that gets kids into foster care makes it much more acute.The pattern has to do with dependence. By this I mean, when the older child takes the role of the 'parent' and does things that parents should do but http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/euAj5AJ3Fyk/birth-order-and-dependence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=euAj5AJ3Fyk:McTds2hjXO8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/euAj5AJ3Fyk" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/10/birth-order-and-dependence.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-7137266568986720708Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:09:00 +00002008-09-26T12:12:17.765-04:00We got some bad news a few weeks ago. It seems that after more than a year, our first foster child will be going home. This is an especially hard situation for us to accept because the state workers had put the possibility of adoption into our heads. Talk about building up our hopes to cut them down.We'll miss the little treasure. She is a joyous little girl that makes everyone around her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/P7lr20D_jNo/saying-goodbye-to-foster-child-is-never.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=P7lr20D_jNo:uKlj2m3zkSA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/P7lr20D_jNo" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/09/saying-goodbye-to-foster-child-is-never.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-3711324949334324857Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:01:00 +00002008-08-20T15:19:22.611-04:00As it happens, things are moving towards all three children being returned to their families sometime during the summer. As Rob and I prepared ourselves for this eventuality we got some surprising news.The case worker for the two older ones had let us know that in her interviews with the kids, they had both expressed an interest in not moving to their parents choice of caregiver, a family http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/WWJe-3sLwj8/children-speak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=WWJe-3sLwj8:j6cc8TV-VMU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/WWJe-3sLwj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/08/children-speak.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-3615857120661574766Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:41:00 +00002008-07-28T23:41:00.658-04:00This past Saturday, Rob and I had a birthday celebration for the little boy in our home. During a recent case worker visit, the case worker asked if we had thought about inviting anyone from the boys home town to attend.Well to be honest, Rob and I hadn't thought of it at all. We get conflicting messages from the foster care system about confidentiality. One supervisor had told us that they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/cVkIjU7EODg/birthday-celebrations-inviting-friends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=cVkIjU7EODg:Izp24b9-ZP4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/cVkIjU7EODg" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/07/birthday-celebrations-inviting-friends.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-5082370718461609841Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:13:00 +00002008-07-22T14:26:49.406-04:00licensingdocumentationadoptionpaperworkwell time flies. rob and i had to be at home during the day along with all of the kids for the annual NJ licensing inspection. The inspector did a thorough walk through of the house and questioned all of the children separately.The checklist for inspection had over 150 points. We had one violation. The violation?I neglected to make copies of the kids medical visit forms. I just passed them offhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/L4jYhV-vinY/annual-licensing-violation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=L4jYhV-vinY:QkjAzLpcCeM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/L4jYhV-vinY" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/07/annual-licensing-violation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-3813348257096657630Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:35:00 +00002008-07-01T19:27:39.485-04:00fosterparentingsystemchildrenadoptionchallengesso we've had our 4 year old foster child for one year this month.when the state called a year ago to do the placement, rob and i were only interested in adopting but we thought taking a foster child in would be a good test run to make sure we could handle the responsibility that goes with having a child.when the call came, they said this 3 year old only needs a place for the weekend.the weekend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/F892Z7-aW_U/so-weve-had-our-4-year-old-foster-child.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=F892Z7-aW_U:UmZch7GBhZM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/F892Z7-aW_U" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/07/so-weve-had-our-4-year-old-foster-child.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-6235564277580065459Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:16:00 +00002008-06-18T23:16:09.073-04:00ok, now that yet another visit has completed and the kids have arrived at home, i've come to a realization. parents who have children in custody of others typically over-compensate in a few common ways. the biggest is materialism.the kids came home today with bags and bags of new clothes, shoes, and underthings. it's a simple mistake to make isn't it? parents think they must not be good parentshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/J0Dm-wTo_j4/material-madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=J0Dm-wTo_j4:8fCuU6TbsJA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img 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border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=J0Dm-wTo_j4:8fCuU6TbsJA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=J0Dm-wTo_j4:8fCuU6TbsJA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/J0Dm-wTo_j4" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/06/material-madness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-290475449339474933Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:55:00 +00002008-06-15T10:55:06.361-04:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/IdDXThFBf1Q/happy-father-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=IdDXThFBf1Q:2Edgir1k2cE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/IdDXThFBf1Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/06/happy-father-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-2749782289356339177Wed, 28 May 2008 17:56:00 +00002008-05-28T13:56:16.292-04:00lawfamilyi wanted to capture my thoughts both going into and leaving our first family planning meeting. a family planning meeting is where all parties involved get together to discuss case goals and make sure that everyone is moving in the same direction.here's my post from before the meeting: and here's my post following the meeting: using seesmic to post video has been very beneficial for a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/v5uok5HQU88/our-first-family-planning-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=v5uok5HQU88:pqrhvengsFY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/v5uok5HQU88" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/05/our-first-family-planning-meeting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-2471644212464346942Tue, 20 May 2008 15:49:00 +00002008-05-21T09:34:36.895-04:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/K9e8aaV00-g/child-placement-review-board-meeting_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=K9e8aaV00-g:RNV1xus8uPQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/K9e8aaV00-g" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/05/child-placement-review-board-meeting_20.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-6398804651114085248Tue, 20 May 2008 13:11:00 +00002008-05-20T09:12:28.587-04:00hearingcourthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/TmsVsS_Oj5U/child-placement-review-board-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=TmsVsS_Oj5U:NT0cgf6etIA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/TmsVsS_Oj5U" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/05/child-placement-review-board-meeting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-2719361447723234935Sat, 17 May 2008 15:53:00 +00002008-05-17T11:53:53.372-04:00challengeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/GNMpIf0zpCE/foster-care-challenge-lack-of_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=GNMpIf0zpCE:_WiYil8JE38:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/GNMpIf0zpCE" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/05/foster-care-challenge-lack-of_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-6522811083564883168Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:16:00 +00002008-04-22T20:25:24.705-04:00 if you don't think you can make a difference think againhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/-pKStEvUrI8/if-you-dont-think-you-can-make.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=-pKStEvUrI8:TWfE9M6vCGg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/-pKStEvUrI8" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-you-dont-think-you-can-make.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-1340432028837989240Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:05:00 +00002008-04-15T10:25:49.922-04:00what a bit of wonderful news we got in the last few weeks!our resource worker, who is the person assigned to us to help us along the path of fostering and adoption, let us know that after 2 and a half years she was getting a transfer to another role and would no longer be our resource worker. Now, she's the one that helped us get licensed and trained and matched to kids so of all the people in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/-9KSAqzV9eU/moving-chess-pieces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=-9KSAqzV9eU:hZly433gMf8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/-9KSAqzV9eU" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/04/moving-chess-pieces.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-4388337392963017263Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-03-18T15:19:36.236-04:00so we will have a new milestone behind us tonight. tonight, one of the boys goes home to his family. it will be bittersweet for us as he has become fast friends with the other boy in the house.we'll try our best to occupy the remaining kids with fun activities but the dynamic will certainly be different without him. fortunately, we got to spend some quality time this past weekend in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/XixAE3GuCGY/one-goes-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=XixAE3GuCGY:ze_2dWniJhU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/XixAE3GuCGY" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-goes-home.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-1315170297561510010Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:42:00 +00002008-12-08T15:56:56.886-05:00it's hard to believe that we now have 4 foster children! when we were licensed our resource worker said you guys can get licensed for 4. at that time, rob and i looked at each other and laughed ..."oh never! we'll never have 4 children" that was just a few months ago!we're enjoying having a house full of kids and we are especially aware at how lucky we are to have such respectful and sweet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~3/W6MAtTL09YI/and-then-there-were-four.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (sean)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?a=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gayadoptionandfosterchildren?i=W6MAtTL09YI:Xiuzdm4YTMg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gayadoptionandfosterchildren/~4/W6MAtTL09YI" height="1" width="1"/>http://gayfosteradopting.blogspot.com/2008/03/and-then-there-were-four.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795951738427981876.post-8344531859787991907Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:02:00 +00002008-02-11T10:39:51.846-05:00