by ajewell | Sep 10, 2020 | Encouragment, Family and Friends, Foster love, Mental Health
Dear COVID, I QUIT! I know, I never formally, started, willingly under you, yet you seemed to have been consuming my time anyway. I want to declare, with nothing less than a clear and conscious declaration that I quit! I quit being submissive to your...
by ajewell | Apr 30, 2020 | Encouragment, Faith, Family and Friends, Foster Care/Adoption, Foster love, Mental Health
McCy-Dees, pretty please!!!! Don’t get me wrong, I love eating at home. Really, nothing can beat those homemade noodles with soft, savory made-from-scratch- bread and hand-battered chicken of which only grandma holds the recipe. But I also miss the savory,...
by ajewell | Mar 20, 2020 | Encouragment, Faith, Family and Friends, Foster love, Mental Health
Whatever it is that you are feeling, thinking, fearing, hating, or loving I want to offer you a reassurance in the fight towards resilience by saying–it is okay! We all need to hear this. May we all read it, speak it, share it, believe it. Together...
by ajewell | Mar 18, 2020 | Encouragment, Faith, Family and Friends, Foster love, Mental Health
Opportunities are still now. They are just different. We are shifting into a new type of society, at least for the time being. Often our anxieties and fears will hide our views of what opportunities still sit firmly in our hands. We are easily...
by ajewell | Feb 3, 2020 | Encouragment, Faith, Family and Friends, Foster love
But I did learn that the Chief’s cared— about more than just the game! I know, I should have been more of the cliché, Kansan fan for the Chief’s being in the Superbowl. But before this accomplishment, I never really watched a whole lot of NFL teams. I did...
by ajewell | Nov 22, 2019 | Encouragment, Faith, Family and Friends, Foster Care/Adoption, Foster love, Mental Health
Holidays can be wonderful and fun! They also can be exhausting and stressful. Though this is true across all social classes and communities, it is particularly true to families that are already at risk via employment, housing and/or income. Alongside that, holidays...
