Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Hope is an essential ingredient in advocacy

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We do our work with vision.  And we do our work with hope.  We who are foster care advocates will have days of disappointment. We will weath...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Mother's Day 2024

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  Sweet and savory surprise from my husband.  The necklace is from the kiddos... And then, a second surprise arrived from Carly and the kidd...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Cute Kiddos in the Springtime

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

2024 Voyage Ohio Interview

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It was an honor to be interviewed recently by VoyageOhio : Hi Lisa, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Early Valentine's from the Hubby

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 Red plates, cups and bowls... My favorite color!
Friday, January 12, 2024

Four Things I Didn't Know - And One Thing I Did

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1.) How severe can a flu be? When I received the results of the rapid test, and it said "Influenza A," that literally meant nothin...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Christmas with Carly and the Kiddos

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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Ginger-Kiddos

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Just two more days...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Birthday Breakfast

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Monday, December 04, 2023

Imprint Podcast: Making Holiday Traditions for Foster Youth

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John Kelly of the Imprint came to Central Ohio Thanksgiving Together this year, and interviewed me on his podcast afterwards.  Here's th...
Sunday, November 26, 2023

Hubby Love ~ On His Birthday

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At the risk of sounding incredibly corny, my husband literally is the moon of my life, and I'm his sun and stars. Below is the Steaksgiv...
Monday, November 20, 2023

The struggle of never quite feeling worthy of love

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Two things stood out to me about this year's Thanksgiving Together events... 1. ) I love that My Very Own Blanket created trees for both...
Friday, October 06, 2023

Just as pain comes into our lives through relationships, healing does as well.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Housing vouchers for foster youth - and the role of youth in designing them

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Thankful that the provisions we designed continue to make a difference. Ohio foster care youth and alumni volunteered our time to travel to ...
Saturday, September 09, 2023

2023 Self Care Summit for Foster Youth and Alumni

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Link to more photos . September is Self-Care Awareness Month, and the OHIO YAB and ACTION Ohio partnered with Hope Valley and the Ohio Supre...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Extending foster care supports to age 23

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One thing on my Wish List is for the state of Ohio to extend foster care supports to age 23.   As former foster youth, at some of the proude...
Tuesday, July 04, 2023

23rd Wedding Anniversary and an Excellent Fourth of July

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  Click to enlarge It was an amazing Fourth:  Early morning call with difference-makers Working on foster care projects for most of the day,...
Friday, June 09, 2023

Kiddos Visit ~ June 2023

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Friday, May 26, 2023

Tina Turner's legacy

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Tina Turner’s legacy is perseverance: Doing something despite difficulty or delay in reaching success; continuing to pursue a commitment des...