Introduction

The worst part of foster care is the isolation. In fact, if I'm not careful, writing this blog will probably break half a dozen rules, ranging from:
1. no pictures of foster children online
2. don't identify children as foster children
3. don't break "confidentiality" -- definitions range from "medical diagnoses" to "anything about the child other than their first name"
4. in fact, don't tell anyone their first names either

I'm serious.

My agency has actually told me to tell people that the kids are "staying with me for awhile" and asked me why anyone would ever need to know I'm a foster parent.

Um, since I don't have any children, and I'm fairly social and active, don't you think people would notice that children suddenly appear?

So I'm barred from talking to anyone about anything, and it's kind of driving me crazy. Of course my friends have guessed various things, but I really need a venue in which I can pore out my heart without breaking any of the g*d* rules.

So here's my blogging rules:
1. No real names (people, places, pets, whatever)
2. no pictures of faces or identifiable features, which means pretty much no pictures (sorry)

Thanks for joining me on this crazy journey.