13 weeks. 94 days. That is a really long time for parents to go without their young child at home. Someone else is making the rules. Someone else is wiping away sad tears. Someone else gets the first high five or fist bump when an achievement is made. Goodness- it was absolutely miserable when she…

7 weeks. 50 days. We haven’t been away from Jentri this long since she came to our home from foster care 8 years ago. It’s a very long time.  It seems like so much, and yet so little, has happened in that time. The 3 kids at home are really thriving. We have all been…

5 weeks. It’s been 5 weeks since we drove our daughter to a treatment facility about 7 hours away. 5 weeks since we began the process of healing without distraction. So much has happened in those 5 weeks! Derek and I admitted Jentri into her placement with little fanfare. For the purpose of confidentiality of…