Tag: foster friday

Wow, have I been missing for just over a week, which is not at all what I wanted for this blog. I’m okay with that though because, well, life happens.

Last Saturday, July 13, we got four new foster kiddos (two were only for the weekend). We had five children in our home, and we were beat! Talk about super mom, and dad! Well Monday came and two of the kiddos left, but that left us with three fun loving kids! We still have our one foster son, he has been with us for three months, and now we have two girls! A two year old and a three and a half year old. They are such sweet babes, but we have our hands full!

When a new child comes into your home, the first week usually is full of activities. This week we had multiple people come to check on the girls, doctors appointments, and visits, and the two year old doesn’t want to sleep! Poor girl, I’m sure she is scared and confused. Plus all the usual things we have for our other kiddo. He had visits and doctor appointments this week.

Although it was a busy week, our hearts are full and we are so blessed to get to love on as many sweet children the Lord needs us to. You can read my last blog post about foster care to see why we foster.

On top of new children coming, visits, doctors, and people coming to check on the girls, our foster son had to get caught up on immunizations this week. Let me just say today was long. The girls were wanting to go go go and play play play, but our sweet boy was tired, sick, and running a fever. We had a pretty quiet afternoon with a lot of cuddles, and yes, even a lot of screen time, oh well!

Foster care can take a lot of our time up, but we are so blessed with where we are at! Thanks for following along for a weekly update of our crazy yet love-filled life.

💜Amber Thorne

Ever since I was in high school, I thought that I wanted to care of children who needed a safe place by providing foster care. When my husband and I first started dating I shared this with him and he didn’t know how he felt about it. I wasn’t going to push him but I knew someday he would come around and have the same passions that I did, to care for the orphans. Almost four years later we got licensed and are now foster care parents. Here is our journey!

Shortly after marriage in 2015 we began talking about foster care again. We were waiting for the still small voice of the Lord to tell us it was time. We thought it was time a few times and it never panned out. In February 2018 my husband and I lost a child to miscarriage. For months after this I personally wasn’t in a place to even consider starting the process to foster. Throughout the summer I began healing and October came around, when my baby would of been due. I leaned closer to the Lord and November 2018 came around. I submitted the idea of foster care again to my husband and he was on board!

We both strongly believe in James 1:27. My favorite version is from The Passion Translation which states: “True spirituality that is pure in the eyes of our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans…”. We want nothing more than to care for those that need a safe home for a time being. We wanted to make a difference in their lives.

In November 2018 we started by taking a tour of our agency, and the next day we started taking our required training classes. We filled out our paper work and about 46 days later we were licensed foster care parents. We rushed the process because we knew we wanted to jump right in full heartedly.

Our first placement came on January 14th, 2019 and since then we’ve had a total of 15 children in and out of our home. The ages range from 10 months old to 17 years old. It has been such a journey and we are honored to be a safe place for the children to land on their own journey.

Foster care isn’t just about caring for the children, which was a quick shock to us. The first time we dropped off our foster children to visit their parent, we realized that these parents are often times in hard situations themselves and they love their kids. They love their kids just as much as you love your kid. They love their kid as much as I love the child I miscarried, and the child I am currently carrying.

Foster care has been a journey and we love each and everyone of the 15 children who have come in and out of our home. We are thrilled to see where this journey takes us and are honored to get to care for children as the Lord has called us to.

💜Amber Thorne