Brian Maloy
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It’s been a challenging year for our household, which of course comes after a particularly tough season of life. I’m not going to try and compare or justify “hard years”, I have known a lot of folks this year with more obvious hard seasons than ours, and those with very private seasons of despair, some…
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Our 6th Anniversary — it’s so curious, because it doesn’t seem like it’s been only 6 years. So much life has happened in those 6 years. Like what feels like a million house projects in the fixer-upper, that thankfully has grown to truly be a home. 3.5 years of Foster to Adoption stress, that makes…
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Nothing has changed. Everything has changed. The kids still have the same favorite stuffed animals. We have the same Toyota Minivan. My garage still needs to be cleaned out, and there are too many oranges in the kitchen. Oh, and Jack is still begging for a treehouse/fort — and building his own out of branches…
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Tomorrow is a big day. We’ve waited for over 1100 days (little more than 3 years) to officially adopt our children. After so many days, weeks, months, years of trying not to “get our hopes up”, it is almost difficult to take a deep breath and know the thing you’d longed for, has finally come.…
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I could be foolishly optimistic, in fact, I am certain I have been accused of being a bit too much like “Buddy the Elf” at times (not kidding, literally today, in a meeting after school). But nevertheless, I could be too optimistic. That said, I truly believe that most people want to fix things that…
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Parenting is hard. Literally just saying those 3 words will get 95% of people (made up statistic, just in case) to shout a hardy, “yep” or “amen”. It is because it’s true. Parenting is hard. That said, as a Foster Parent you are confronted with so many challenging scenarios that you tend to forget how…
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In light of the bizarre impact Coronavirus has had on the entire world. I have been reflecting about how trapped, frustrated & helpless so many people feel. In a weird way, it’s really not a foreign feeling for Foster Parents. It’s a daily reality, now it just has the added “joy” of a virus to…
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Two years. Two years ago you made me a Dad. You weren’t what I was expecting. But, you were perfect. You are perfect. I was scared, excited, anxious, hopeful, joyful & broken. But you were there — and I loved you from the moment you came home. Your Mom and I still catch ourselves weeping,…
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To our Family & Friends — we have a sincere prayer need. Clara & I hold our cards pretty close, trying not to over-share the perils we have experienced in “Foster World” and generally seek to share the blessings. We don’t want family & friends to panic, knowing we can’t and don’t want to share…
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Dear Kids — I hope you know how much your Dad loves you. The three of you make up 3/5 of the top five things I think about each day, and 99.9% of the time — it is paired with a smile. But never forget, your Dad loves you exactly as you are, forever. This…
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