We were blessed again with an outdoor toy. My in-laws neighbors (same ones who gave us the playhouse) were looking for new owners for their grown children's picnic table. We were indeed thrilled to receive this awesome table and love having snack time outside each day.
My sweet friend Heather treated our family to some shopping at Sams. My family is always covered with love and lots of kisses when we are together. Not to mention the great girl gab time we get to have! XOXO.
This was a challenging week parenting-wise. Oh the whining and fussing from Nehemiah was too much for me and the struggle with sharing toys was tiring. Hoping this week will be better. The morning of this sweet picture both kids were in SO MUCH TROUBLE. Each had had time-outs, sent to rooms and spankins. I was to the rage point, totally out of patience and having a very bad attitude.I told them we were going to the closet to pray and start the day over. They followed me in, sat down, we held hands and they were SILENT as I prayed for all 3 of us and for daddy at work too. We agreed to start the day over and headed to my step class at the gym. All the way there they held hands. They were so proud of their sweetness to one another.
Can you guess what is going on here in this picture???
Avi Joy is kissing the child in mommy's heart. ohhhh.
We have now been through 4 of the 9 classes for DHS training/for adoption #3. Here are some of my thoughts and things I have learned...
1/3 of our class desires to do strictly Foster Care
1/3 desires permanent placement through Adoption
1/3 are Kinship families
- Besides Foster Care and Adoption there are also Kinship families. This could be a blood relative or not- could be a teacher or someone from church who also loves the child and desires to care for them, fostering or adopting them.
- When a child is removed they are stuck in middle ground, being awarded to the state. They have a team of people working for their best placement. This includes their social worker, birthparent, foster family, counselor and future adoptive family.
- After a child is removed from their home, all biological parents are given a plan to complete, 68% finish their program and regain custody of their child.
- DHS expects us to care for the child in the following ways: physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual. Building self-control and self-esteem. Providing a structured lifestyle, stability, patience, dependability, healthy diet, rest, communication and love.
- Children have the right to be protected against neglect, cruelty, abuse (sexual, emotional, verbal), exploitations and have the right to safe, nurturing relationships for life.
- Children who act out in the following ways are most likely working through their grief & loss: bed wetting, hording food, verbal attacks, melt-downs, sadness, not talking and the like.
-900,000 children nationwide are removed due to abuse/neglect
14,000 of those are in Oklahoma
-Out of those 900,000- 14,000 end in death due to the abuse/neglect
51 of those deaths last year were in Oklahoma
Each time we leave a session we talk. We basically debrief about what we just learned. We keep coming back to "this is where we are supposed to be." It does seem scary to some, wild to many, totally different than international adoption, but the bottom line is that we are trusting God for His best for our family. This is the road less traveled, but on our road the leaves are just as beautiful as the leaves on other roads.
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with Me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Revelation 3:20-22
The Perryman Family
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Can you guess what is going on here in this picture???
Avi Joy is kissing the child in mommy's heart. ohhhh.We have now been through 4 of the 9 classes for DHS training/for adoption #3. Here are some of my thoughts and things I have learned...
1/3 of our class desires to do strictly Foster Care
1/3 desires permanent placement through Adoption
1/3 are Kinship families
- Besides Foster Care and Adoption there are also Kinship families. This could be a blood relative or not- could be a teacher or someone from church who also loves the child and desires to care for them, fostering or adopting them.
- When a child is removed they are stuck in middle ground, being awarded to the state. They have a team of people working for their best placement. This includes their social worker, birthparent, foster family, counselor and future adoptive family.
- After a child is removed from their home, all biological parents are given a plan to complete, 68% finish their program and regain custody of their child.
- DHS expects us to care for the child in the following ways: physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual. Building self-control and self-esteem. Providing a structured lifestyle, stability, patience, dependability, healthy diet, rest, communication and love.
- Children have the right to be protected against neglect, cruelty, abuse (sexual, emotional, verbal), exploitations and have the right to safe, nurturing relationships for life.
- Children who act out in the following ways are most likely working through their grief & loss: bed wetting, hording food, verbal attacks, melt-downs, sadness, not talking and the like.
-900,000 children nationwide are removed due to abuse/neglect
14,000 of those are in Oklahoma
-Out of those 900,000- 14,000 end in death due to the abuse/neglect
51 of those deaths last year were in Oklahoma
Each time we leave a session we talk. We basically debrief about what we just learned. We keep coming back to "this is where we are supposed to be." It does seem scary to some, wild to many, totally different than international adoption, but the bottom line is that we are trusting God for His best for our family. This is the road less traveled, but on our road the leaves are just as beautiful as the leaves on other roads.
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with Me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Revelation 3:20-22
The Perryman Family
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2 comments:
It was a privilege to watch your kids while you were at class. The kids were fun to watch and even more fun to listen in on. It is a wild time to have a 1,2,3,and 4 year old under the same roof! :) Sarah really wants a sleep-over with Avi Joy, so maybe we can have that happen sometime this fall - even if they do stay up all night gabbing and trying on clothes.
Such cute kiddos. We all have days that we want to start over...I love your way of doing it.
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