Monday Thoughts

One of my dear friends from high school lost her five-year old daughter, Cameron, in a tragic car accident yesterday as a result of poor visibility from a grass fire. You can read more about it here, but my heart is absolutely broken for her and her family. Horrific is the only word I can think of to describe the gut wrenching pain she is enduring right now. I also can't stop thinking about Cameron's uncle who tried to rescue her after the truck was engulfed in flames and was not able to. How very devastating for him. Her son survived after his uncle pulled him out of the truck. Please pray for everyone involved and love, love, love your babies.

We turned our cable off today for a couple of reasons. My job situation is changing in the next month and when we were looking for places to cut, that is the first thing that came up. Not only will it save money, but sometimes we just need to unplug. We have plenty of things to do together as a family and that is just one less distraction. We can still watch shows online or do Netflix if we really want to. It is actually kind of liberating and I've been thinking about spending less time on the computer/iPhone also, although this is trickier because of my work. They are great things to have until you become too attached to them.

We are learning a lot in our foster care training. I've taken a couple of attachment parenting classes prior to this and research continues to show the effects of attachment or non-attachment on children. I won't get into all of the details because everyone has their opinions on the matter and even mine have changed after learning more. I was quite attached with Hayden, but I took a MUCH more attached approach with Hudson and more so with Hayden in the last year. Some may call this parent control vs. child control, but if you are really meeting the needs of the child, everyone is happy. This is especially true with foster children. You really can't imagine the things these children have been through.

Have a great week and don't forget to count your blessings.