the here + now

Come have a virtual cup with me Gosh, youtube you're really rockin the terribleness lately. If we were having coffee what would you tell me?

home hōm/ noun 1 . the place where one lives permanently, esp. as a member of a family or household. "I was nineteen when I left home and went to college" synonyms: residence , place of residence,  house ,  apartment ,  flat ,  bungalow , cottage ;  More 2 . an institution for people needing professional care or supervision. "an old people's home" synonyms: institution ,  nursing home ,  retirement home ,  rest home ;  More adjective 1 . of or relating to the place where one lives. "I don't have your home address" 2 . (of a sports team or player) belonging to the country or locality in which a sporting event takes place. "the home team" adverb ...

When we first started to consider foster care, about a year ago, I found all the answers to say no. I found ways to justify why we shouldn't do it. Why that would not be good for our family, our biological children. And then it just went away....not really, away, just on the back burner.  And then we started to consider it again, but it was more along the lines of adoption. We know domestic is what we are called to. Again foster care was rising up and again I told my husband reasons why it isn't for us. Reasons against it. But now that it is the option -- OUR option, OUR choice --- I have never been more passionate. I have a feeling this passion will continue to grow. It's that passion where you start to believe everyone should feel & think like you do. That everyone should be foster parents. We aren't even foster parents yet.  The more research I do, the more personal stories I read the more God draws my heart in.  Yes there are thousands of "what-ifs...

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