Entries from September 2008

September 10, 2008

Safest home on the block

We did it! We passed our home inspection by the state today in order to become a licensed foster home. With our homestudy complete, fingerprints approved, references in, police clearances done and physicals signed off by our doctors, this was pretty much the last step in becoming foster parents. I will have to admit that [...]

September 9, 2008

The surgery is behind us

I am so happy to say that Ben’s surgery for his second cochlear implant is behind us. Anyone who has a cochlear implant or has a child with one knows that the surgery is a very small part of what is involved in learning to hear. It is the most frightening part for me, however, [...]

September 3, 2008

Sarah Palin

Don’t you just love her? I swore I wouldn’t get into politics on my blog because political posts tend to attract people who call each other names and it gets nasty. Tonight, however, I felt like yelling out the high school football cheer of “Sarah, Sarah, she’s our man woman. If she can’t do it, [...]