We have a strange family. Mom works, Dad stays home with the kids. Thanks to the new job and the shift change, I have been able to watch our sons grow closer to Karen than ever before over the past six months. Through all the years of fostering she has given all those "Mom" things to so many kids, and with the previous job, her time was so short with Tris and Mike that we both worried they were missing out on things they should have. These past months have been good for us all. Both the boys have grown a lot and the extra time with Mom has been a big difference.

We decided to get together with friends this evening to share the day. Two families in a transition. Two mothers now enjoying more of their kids and 4 kids doing the same.

I don't know what I'd do without Karen.

Spaw