tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post3879619827058311397..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: An Empty-Nester HousewifeSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-42661091946697007662014-07-28T08:03:28.398-07:002014-07-28T08:03:28.398-07:00You are welcome!You are welcome!Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-50992464354375463392014-07-28T07:39:50.073-07:002014-07-28T07:39:50.073-07:00Thanks for writing this. I will link to it soon.Thanks for writing this. I will link to it soon.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-81754561619011369932014-07-28T05:02:34.137-07:002014-07-28T05:02:34.137-07:00Alexandra, it's always nice to hear from you!
...Alexandra, it's always nice to hear from you!<br />It's great that you are now a foster mother, hope everything goes fine with your family. Agree about consumerism:) Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-21924797319858626892014-07-28T04:54:04.278-07:002014-07-28T04:54:04.278-07:00I am a beginner foster mother of 2, a 4-year-old b...I am a beginner foster mother of 2, a 4-year-old boy and a 2.5 year-old girl. We are a strong family now and nobody outside our community notices that they aren't our own children. I have so many plans and projects for them now, but I know that they must become independent one day and that our nest might become empty. I still hope to fill our nest with some biological children too, but just to avoid our nest getting empty in future. Being called "mom" and "dad" is so challenging and rewarding! There still are voices around judging me for my choice, telling me that adoption would have been a better and more generous option, but if we had chosen adoption, these children wouldn't be here today, because they are not adoptable. And many others have to enter foster care or orphanages because they are not given to adoption. Therefore, we are trying to do our best and be thankful for every penny sent by God. We are aware that families with children are facing many problems and nobody even understands that homemaking is a job that used to be appreciated in the past. Nowadays, the government pays foster families but despises homemakers who are doing a good job at home as well as foster parents, but nobody offers advice and help to one-income families because stay-at-home moms are "unproductive" for consumerism. They buy less, they mend and cook from scratch and spend their husband's income wisely.Preoteasa Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996489147504336535noreply@blogger.com