Wishes For A Little Boy With Cancer

This has been circulating among my Facebook friends this morning and I felt I should share it with all my blogging buddies out there. It just breaks my heart too hear news like this. I guess it hits close to home for me because I have a child the same age. I just can't begin to imagine going through something this terrible and losing a child to cancer. It's hearing stories like these that really put things into perspective for me. It makes me realize how lucky I really am in life. Please read the following and feel free to participate. By participating you'll be touching a sweet little boys life in a special way. 


Help Noah out !! --- a 5 yr old little boy named Noah is in the last stages of Nueroblastoma cancer (2 1/2 yr battle). The family is celebrating Christmas next week, and Noah's request is to get a lot of Christmas cards. Lets send the little guy some: Noah Biorkman, 1141 Fountain View Circle, South Lyon, MI 48178. Lets see how many cards we can get him! Pass it on!!

Check out the video and see how sweet this little guy is. 

I've just finished our card to Noah and it's going out in the mail tomorrow morning. 


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Thanks for taking time to stop by today.


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Thanks To My Top Droppers For The Month Of October

I want to send a huge thanks out to my top droppers for the month of October. Thanks so much for all your time and hard work. You guys rock!


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Wow, lots of Red Tape To Get Through

I finally had a chance to read over all the foster care/adoption paper work. There is so much to know. It's a little overwhelming, but so worth the effort. I had a few questions that I needed answered so I called the Department of Human resources in our county. The gentleman I spoke with was more then happy to answer all my questions. It was refreshing talking to a real person on the phone who was so very nice. He explained to me that becoming a licensed foster care provider is a long process with many many steps.  He told me that the most important step is that hubby and I need to complete is to take the pride classes through the county. These classes consist of 27 hours or 9 weeks of training. These courses teach you how to handle and cope with a foster child. You never know what type of situations these children are coming from. The bad news is that the county won't be offering the class until maybe mid-winter or early spring. So we just have to wait. I was kind of bummed about that. I really wanted to get the ball rolling on this journey. When I was reading the literature from our local DHS it stated that 75% of the foster kids become adoptable at some point. That's good news for us since we would love to adopt a child, but so sad that parents can't take care of their own children. We can also adopt a child through the state, but there are some fee's involved, so we have decided to stick with the foster care and see where it leads. I just can't imagine being a child and having no parents to take care of you. What a nightmare for these children. It just breaks my heart. Anyway that's the latest and greatest. I'll keep everyone update.

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Udate On The Foster Care Situation

I received a long awaited call last night from the foster care organization. It was another foster parent who has offered her time to help the new and upcoming foster parents. It was great talking to her and she answered the zillion questions I had for her. She mentioned that I should be receiving the foster care application and the literature in the mail any day. She also told me to sign up for the foster care classes as soon as possible. The classes consist of a 27 hour program to teach you how to be a foster parent and help these children adjust to their new life's. Once the hubby and I have completed the course we will be licensed foster care providers. Wow, I've got some huge life changes coming soon. I'm really looking forward to this new journey in my life. I'm so excited. I'll keep everyone update on the progress. Stay tuned.

Aren't I Too Old To Have Acne?

When I was a kid growing up I never did have an acne problem. I use to feel so bad for the other kids that had problem acne. Sometimes it looked like the acne just took over their poor faces. Their acne actually looked like it hurt. I'm fast approaching 40 and I'm starting to get huge patches of acne. What's up with that? Aren't I took young to have acne? I've been looking for a good acne treatment to cure these stubborn blemishes and I haven't found one that I'm happy with yet. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.