Kirsten C
Reading List: Foster Care and Adoption Books for Children
April is all about libraries! We celebrate school libraries and librarian day, but what about our home libraries? For us, it was important for the kids in our home to have books with children...
Adventures of the Lost Boys
“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever in Never Never Land!” – Peter Pan
The whimsical...
I Loved Fur First: Lessons in Parenting Learned from My Dogs
When our first foster placement entered our home, we had zero—zilch, nada—parenting experience. Sure, we took the courses, earned our certificates, and I chewed up every blog and podcast I could get my hands...
Ice Cream for Breakfast: How Saying Yes Fosters Connection with Kids
When you boil it down, life comes down to a series of yes and no decisions. I cannot remember which study I was working through at the time, but a piece of solid advice...
The Pain of Being the Odd Mom Out
An interesting phenomenon has begun to emerge among my mom community.
It seems I have reached the magical age where 90% of my friends either have children or are currently in the process of bringing...
Trader Joe’s: Always in My Cart
Any Joe Schmoe could rave arbitrarily about the delectableness of Trader Joe's cookie butter or tell you to buy the buffalo-style chicken dip. But it takes a truly dedicated fiend to dig into the...
Blowing Up the Lie of a Balanced Life
When exactly did we buy into this lie that we could (and should) indeed live a “balanced” life?
A quick search on Google lends all kinds of advice::
7 Secrets of Successful People for Living a...
Living In Between
They don’t have a name for it, really. This post-parenting feeling. Postpartum gets the closest in diagnosis:: anger, guilt, hopelessness, fatigue, fear. It comes close.
But we were bonded—that, generally, wasn’t an issue. It’s the...
Exploring Enneagram:: What It’s Like Being a Three
This year, our Houston Moms writers will be giving you first-hand accounts of life behind their Enneagram type. For an introduction to the Enneagram, see this post, and then read on as Kirsten shares...
Foster Faux Pas:: What Not to Say
As you can imagine, deciding to become a foster parent or even adopting from foster care is not an easy choice. It takes careful consideration, loads of time, and sheer vulnerability as they pry...