Brian Maloy
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Something happens occasionally in Foster Parent life that is just weird. You’re not totally regarded as a “real parent”. (Small disclaimer before you panic & worry you said something wrong today — haha NO! All is well, fret not.) But every once in awhile, yet probably too often, small passing comments are made (very innocently…
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On the eve of my 33rd Birthday, a lot of thoughts have come to mind. I wonder if 33 is hitting me with a little more gravity and weight than 30 did. I guess time will tell. I am finding myself more and more often struck with how beautiful life is, and then lamenting how…
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We have been quiet on here for a long while. I think partially because we don’t feel we have anything worthwhile or wise to share — or we have so much churning inside us that we have a hard time decompressing long enough to make sense of it. I suppose that lack of time is…
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I have always heard it said in movies, read it in books & online in blog articles, I’ve heard probably 50+ people say it since the kids first came home to us, “be sure and cherish these years, they are the best, you’ll blink and they’ll be gone…“. I totally believe this, and I know…
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We are long overdue for a Maloy Family post… lots of chaos lately! But a thought struck me this week that I needed to sit down and get out of me (and share with you). We have had our share of ups and downs in our 6 months of being Foster Parents, and we have…
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In a few days it will have been 5 months since our little kiddos came to our home. It’s funny because I can barely remember life before February 9th — and it’s okay. Everything about our lives has changed in the last 5 months — our morning routine is totally different, we get up way…
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Often I struggle to know what to share, what to write down, what to record. There are so many things that happen every day with the kids (and everything else). People remind us how important it is to share our story, but I don’t always see it. We are so very ordinary. After all, we…
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I love that title, it’s borrowed from a dear friend in Oklahoma (with some Bonus Boys) — and ironically fit with a blog post festering in my mind lately. Being a foster parent can be a lot to swallow at times. Gosh, even really thinking of yourself as a parent is a challenge. For folks…
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We are just slightly over a month into this new adventure. It’s mind-boggling to consider all the changes in such a short amount of time. There are baby gates everywhere in our home Thanks to baby-proofing — no one, including adults, can open any drawers in the kitchen All door knobs are harder to open…
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So I woke up Friday morning like normal. I let Beau the Border Collie outside & then gave him a cookie for going potty. I hopped in the shower quickly (and singing, of course) and in words I can’t quite explain, I was sort of ‘overcome’ with this feeling God was doing something, but didn’t…
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