Author: Dad
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Overwhelmed
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5Z1DHbrMg] “Change the World” I (like many) feel like I’m called to do something so much bigger than what I’m doing now. Similar to the song above, I want to “Change the World”. But I can’t do that overnight. It’s something that takes time, effort, thoughtfulness, consideration, “luck”, motivation, persistence, and numerous other qualities…
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Scratching the Surface: Religion
I am extremely grateful to have been born in the United States, raised a Christian, with parents that remained together, awesome siblings, in a nice neighborhood, rarely hurting for money. I know I am very fortunate. One thing this foster process had me realize is that I am not very diverse. Without ever thinking about…
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Foster Process – Phase III – The Home Study
Ah, the dreaded home study. You will probably lose some sleep over this one, I know I did. Prior to the actual home study though, you will need to fill out an autobiography, a parenting guide, and a marriage guide. Autobiography: Think of this as a resume for your whole life, including some of the…
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Foster Process – Phase II – Inspections
Phase II is fairly quick if you have a newer home. If you have an older home, you may need to make some upgrades in order to be compliant with minimum standards. Pets: If you have any pets, they need rabies vaccines. Fire: You have to do a fire inspection to ensure your house is…
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Foster Process – Phase I – Application, Documentation, and Background Checks
Over the next three posts I’m going to go into detail on all of the stuff that is required in order to get licensed. We were fortunate enough to have an agency that had clear direction, requirements, and planning. Have you ever bought a house, applied for a car loan, wrote an autobiography, all while writing…
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The Full Pre-License Process
Sorry to those of you that are vegetarians, vegans, or just in general don’t like meat. But the whole pre-license process is somewhat like smoking a brisket. If you are as particular about your brisket as I am, you will know immediately what I’m talking about. Step 1 : The Discussion It begins with the…
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Why Foster to Adopt?
The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and…
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Quick Recap of How I Got to Where I Am Now
Grew up in an awesome family, loving sisters, loving mother and father and a few dogs along the way. I’m middle class, I’m white. Lived in a safe neighborhood, in a safe town, in a safe state. The worst things I’d seen as a kid was a neighborhood rebel riding his motorcycle on the sidewalks.…
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What’s New and A “Reel” Mower Review!
What’s New! We’ve been working on this site for a little over a year and have seen it grow to numbers we couldn’t have imagined. After Kacie’s announcements over the past few posts, I wanted to do something that really showed where she wanted to take this site and decided to do almost a complete…
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New Product – The Avocado Saver!
One of the things we want to accomplish with pattavina.party is to show our readers some unique but useful cooking products. So with our very first product listing, I wanted to introduce the Avo Saver. Their are a number of Paleo recipes that use avocados and more often than not, you won’t be using the entire avocado. So…
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In God We Trust
In God We Trust (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. The entire idea of Christianity revolves around having faith. Faith that the Bible is real, faith that God is…
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A Quote From Wonder Years
Since we are on the topic of “what have you done for me lately” and “living in the now” I thought I would throw out an awesome quote from the classic TV show Wonder Years. You should give your actions serious considerations because they could have serious consequences. It’s easy to take a stand on…