My Plug

Right now it is Spring, and in Salem this means lots of rain with occasional sunny days. It is beautiful this time of year here in Salem, even more so when the sun is shining. Right now the blossoms are out in full force. All over town there are white blossom trees, pink blossom trees, yellow blossom trees and purple blossom trees. It is very beautiful, although I have to say that I wish we had more sunny days. This picture of Aaron and I is at the Oregon State Capitol building, not too far from where we live, and there are a few blossom trees in the background. Unfortunately for Aaron, Springtime means stressful time. Right now he is in the midst of finals. He had finals this last week, and has some this upcoming week and then he will be done. He has been diligently studying and working hard. I personally don't know how he has the attention span to do it, but somehow he does.

Today in the midst of running all over from doing laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, cooking, church responsibilities and taking Cooper to the vet I have had my foster kids on my brain all day today. I am going to talk a little about them and put in a plug for them. Yesterday I was on a home visit and I was playing airplanes with one of my little kiddos on my caseload and I was chasing after him all over the yard running in circles making my best jet airplane noise I could muster and it hit me all over again how cool these kids are. They definitely have a special place in my heart. They are such special little people who have so many needs, yet at the same time these children are incredibly resilient. I love working with the kids, they are so cool. So, one of my new resolves in life is to be an advocate for them, even after I am done working for Child Welfare. Let me tell all of you, that you don't even need to be a foster parent or a treatment provider to help these children. If you want to really do something cool, contact your local child welfare office and see what you can do to help out. Foster kids are always in need of clothes and shoes and toys, especially at Christmas time. Lots of these kids don't get anything for Christmas, and it is really sad. Anyways, if you ever want to do something nice for somebody sometime, keep in mind foster children, I promise you won't be sorry you did something to help out.