Why we must end the bio family struggle for our kids.
There's this common theme around foster and adoptive parents. It's this struggle for how to interact and talk about our kid's bio or...
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Erin Bouchard
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
This National Adoption month, give your child the gift of acknowledging the loss they experienced.
So this month is National Adoption Month. And guys, can I be honest for a second? I'm struggling. I'm struggling with celebrating...
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Erin Bouchard
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
What if we're the ones to fix the broken system?
Someone I love dearly in conversation today said I rescued my children. And that little old sentence has been rolling around in my head...
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Erin Bouchard
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
We were not meant to journey this road alone.
Foster parenting is not for the weak. It's got to be one of the hardest jobs I've ever done. And you know what makes it hard? It's not...
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Erin Bouchard
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
It's been a hot minute.
It's been a bit since I've blogged. Not for lack of things to say. Not for not wanting to blog. There's just been a lot going on. We have...
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Erin Bouchard
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Why Love is Hard for Kids from Hard Places
Many foster parents jump into caring for foster kids with both feet. They are eager to love and help them. But it doesn't take long for...
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Erin Bouchard
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
The history of the concept of Foster to Adopt & why it's not all bad.
As foster and adoptive mama’s, we live often in the tension. The tension of wanting kids but also knowing that getting more kids will...
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Erin Bouchard
- May 7, 2021
- 4 min
How the Hollis' used foster care for their personal adoption agency.
This was on Dave Hollis’ IG post yesterday. “The 4-day-olds months later abandoned at a hospital, whose misrepresented adoptability led...
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Erin Bouchard
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
When you have to choose goodbye.
Today for National Foster Care Month, the writing prompt is Goodbyes. The sad truth is that if you're involved in Foster Care, there are...
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Erin Bouchard
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
Dear Social Workers: A Letter from Foster Parents.
I did a survey a few weeks ago and almost 550 foster parents filled it out. I read time and time again from these parents, that one of...
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Erin Bouchard
- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
Where to turn when it feels overwhelming...
On day two of National Foster Care month we are encouraged to share our favourite resources. If you haven't read my article that was...
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Erin Bouchard
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
Kicking off foster care month with my reasons I became a foster mama.
May is national foster care month. A month set aside to speak up & advocate & educate & listen. Such an important month. Jamie Finn,...
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Erin Bouchard
- Apr 25, 2021
- 4 min
Unpacking Our Kids Fight/Flight Response.
It was May 4th, 2013 and finally Ethan and Arianna were moving into our house. We still had our oldest and second foster child living...
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Erin Bouchard
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
What happens when you can't hold on any longer?
I recently came across a post in a foster parent support group where a foster mom was saying that it irritates her to see people asking...
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