It really seemed like stuff was flying for a while with getting the classes done and working on house stuff. Now this auto-biography part of the application is kind of hanging over my head...it's just so long! The first section was especially time consuming for me having to describe all four of my parents, my siblings, my relationships with them all (both then and now) and what the environment was like in my home(s) growing up. I've been trying to work on it during breaks at work and in the morning when I have extra time, and I should be working on it now, but my brain is just not feeling it at the moment. I'm not sure if Chris has really started his yet, but I'm pretty sure he's going to have to contact some other people to get more details about his childhood, which is difficult in many ways. We did set a deadline for getting all this done, but I'm not going to put it in writing because I don't see it getting done by then. Just keep writing, just keep writing, just keep writing...
In other news, we did go to a foster care and adoption support group a couple of weekends ago, which was pretty cool. It was actually the first meeting for a new group, and it was nice to be a part of this group's foundation. We were definitely the babies of the group...most people had placements already, but I am glad that we are starting to meet with these people before we desperately need them. They are really amazing, I know we will learn tons from them, and I'm hoping that we will develop quality relationships there. There was one thing that one of the group leaders said that I wanted to mention here because I'm noticing it more and more in church settings. She was talking about the importance of confidentiality and how one of the common ways that confidentiality is broken is in the form of prayer requests. So, I'm putting this out here, not just for us, but for other people's situations as well...a reminder...if you want to present a prayer request for someone to others, it is important to get their permission first, otherwise it can be a way of spreading gossip and may be potentially damaging.
Off to prep for ELL class and get some sleep....Goodnight!
In other news, we did go to a foster care and adoption support group a couple of weekends ago, which was pretty cool. It was actually the first meeting for a new group, and it was nice to be a part of this group's foundation. We were definitely the babies of the group...most people had placements already, but I am glad that we are starting to meet with these people before we desperately need them. They are really amazing, I know we will learn tons from them, and I'm hoping that we will develop quality relationships there. There was one thing that one of the group leaders said that I wanted to mention here because I'm noticing it more and more in church settings. She was talking about the importance of confidentiality and how one of the common ways that confidentiality is broken is in the form of prayer requests. So, I'm putting this out here, not just for us, but for other people's situations as well...a reminder...if you want to present a prayer request for someone to others, it is important to get their permission first, otherwise it can be a way of spreading gossip and may be potentially damaging.
Off to prep for ELL class and get some sleep....Goodnight!
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