Since the kiddos came into our care in May we have been anticipating a meeting that is happening on Monday. This meeting can begin the process of legal permanency for the children in a forever adoptive home (with us). Please join us in praying specifically for: safety for big brother and little sister evidence unityContinue reading “Please pray for Monday”
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3 things that keep me up at night
Bio family concerns I wonder how bio mom and dad must feel to know their children may not return to their arms. Sometimes I am angry at their decisions. Sometimes I just want to jump in and help them make better decisions in the future. Sometimes I ponder if we adopt what communication withContinue reading “3 things that keep me up at night”
How babies are born
In the past week, we started reading a kids’ devotional at breakfast. Yesterday morning the word was “born”. I hadn’t read beyond the word of the day so I wasn’t sure where this was going. One of the realities of being a foster mom is I didn’t physically give birth to the children. This is a sensitiveContinue reading “How babies are born”
Balancing adjustments
Becoming a foster parent means modifying your lifestyle. Here are some things we’ve started incorporating into our lives in the past 7 months: Home visits A social worker visits within the first 24 hours of placement, then weekly for the first month, then every 2 weeks for the second month, then monthly until the childContinue reading “Balancing adjustments”
3 family road trip essentials
It’s Friday night and we just put the kids in bed. I’d like to relax, wind down, and maybe even get in some extra sleep. Instead, my husband and I are busy collecting items from around the house to make tomorrow’s day-long road trip as smooth as it can go. I just tip-toed to theContinue reading “3 family road trip essentials”
The lifetime impact of tomorrow’s decision explained
When I started this blog, I made a commitment to myself to share our story as out loud as we could while protecting identities and by protecting what the children might read down the road. In light of tomorrow’s meeting, I feel like I should share with you how what happens tomorrow impacts our heartsContinue reading “The lifetime impact of tomorrow’s decision explained”
and the timeline increases…
Option A didn’t happen today. But neither did option B. Instead not enough evidence was found and a new meeting is set for Fri. Feb. 6, 2015. At first, the communication was unclear and vague as to if the children were moving back with bio mom. That stung. That resulted in me in a lotContinue reading “and the timeline increases…”
Traditional vs. Legal-Risk Foster Care Placements
Over the course of our journey we have learned there are some misconceptions about foster care and exactly the role my husband and I are playing. So in an effort to clarify, my husband suggested writing a post on the topic of traditional foster care placements and legal-risk foster care placements. What is foster care?Continue reading “Traditional vs. Legal-Risk Foster Care Placements”
lies we filter
Since my husband and I are not present for family visits sometimes finding out details of what big brother and little sister experience and are told is a mystery until they talk about it. Tonight’s bedtime routine… Big brother: (Points to the picture by his bed of his classmates and tells me the name ofContinue reading “lies we filter”
if I were to make a BuzzFeed video
I would share brief dialogue clips from conversations we have had with others in 2014. When my husband and I went through the licensing process to become an adoptive home for children in foster care, we learned that a good portion of our role is to educate… might I say “re-educate”… the general public. ThereContinue reading “if I were to make a BuzzFeed video”