I used to be so enthusiastic about doing this podcast interview. Jillana and I’ve so many overlapping connections and passions: she lived in Guatemala (the place our little boy is from!), she’s a foster mother, she’s adopted from foster care, she has youngsters, she has an ongoing relationship with a delivery mother, and she or he has a toddler with particular wants.
We may have talked for hours, however I restricted myself to only round half-hour for this episode — and it’s full of goodness! We dive deep into what it appears to be like prefer to dad or mum a toddler with particular wants, the challenges and blessings of strolling in proximity to delivery dad and mom of kids we’ve fostered and/or adopted, and the way residing a love-stretched life has turned their world the other way up in essentially the most stunning of the way.
Whether or not you’re a foster dad or mum or an adoptive dad or mum or a dad or mum of a kid with particular wants or whether or not your life appears to be like utterly totally different, I believe you’ll discover your coronary heart resonating together with her ardour to like those that want love essentially the most and to stroll alongside them with out criticism or condemnation however as an alternative with compassion.
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In This Episode
[02:05] – Jillana introduces herself and her distinctive household.
[03:18] – Why did Jillana foster kids earlier than having kids biologically?
[06:33] – What was her mindset earlier than she began fostering?
[09:11] – An sincere dialogue on delivery dad and mom.
[13:31] – Dad and mom with youngsters in foster care had been usually youngsters in foster care themselves.
[15:06] – Jillana affords recommendation on how one can stroll alongside different foster dad and mom when you aren’t referred to as to foster.
[16:50] – Hear about being welcoming however with boundaries.
[19:52] – What it’s like parenting a toddler with particular wants.
[29:52] – The fantastic thing about interdependency.
[31:22] – What does a love-stretched life seem like?
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