I have been in a whirlwind trying to deal with family crisis, sick children, my father was hospitalized and so much more. Then trying to deal with my foster care stuff on top of just the daily surviving right now seems to be a lot to deal with.

My foster care agency is needs a lot of paperwork right away. Sorry, I will put that on the list of care of for sick children and deal with family crisis (I do not think it is at the top:) or close to it).

Both of the caseworkers need their visit this week or next week, fine with me. They do not want the children to be sick for the visit. Sorry, I have already used up all my “Get Off Sick Cards”. I do understand that they do not want to get sick or pass on other illness to children, but last time I checked I was not shopping around for the latest illness for my family. I have left messages saying that our doctor says we will still be contagious next week. They are welcome to come for the visit. They can come inside or stand at the door and do whatever they would like to do.

I hope things start settling down for me this next week and I will be back to writing. This is just one of the times that foster care can add a lot of stress and drama to your life.


“The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.”
The Dalai Lama