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Big Sister through Foster Care & Adoption

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July 2014

August 2014

September 2014
Welcome to Taylor Talks!
What Does That Mean?
A Memory
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Birthday Celebrations
A Long Day
Bonding Time
Hello Out There!
What Happened To My Bedroom?
Look-Alikes
A Sigh of Relief
My Diverse Family
You're Invited
What a Headache!
Coming Together
Our Start
A Writing
The Very Beginning
Grandpa
My First Siblings
Difficult Farewells
No Time With Mom
College
Surprise!
Reality
Any Questions?
Struggles
Almost Time
Back to School
Following Dreams
Teaching
Don't Judge
One Month
We're So Different
My First Novel
Happy September
Writer's Block
An Important Quote
School Time
Chinese Food Fridays
Action
Finally!
Change of Material
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Student Teaching, Here I Come!
September 11th
Daddy
Library
To Do List of Dreams
Your Past
Nerves
First Day of Fieldwork
Catching the Bug
A Different Case
CMT Awareness
My Mommy
What's Going On?
Attachment
Innocent Child
Visitation
Rest in Peace
Happy Birthday Dad!
Bathroom Blunder
Two Months!!
School Changes

October 2014

I Can't Believe It!
Well That Changes Things...
What's Happening?
Baking Fun
Applefest 2014
Teacher Certification
Midpoint
Why Do I Do This?
Dun Dun Dun... Essays!
Cupcakes Galore
That Was a Bust
Pumpkin Picking
Someone Save Me
Party Prep
Twins Plus One
Costumes
Why Do I Love Baking?
First Cake Sale
Make Your Mark
"The Story"
Baby Nursery
Cake Chaos
The Best Birthday Ever
Broadway Love
A "Wicked" Good Time
Where Do They Go?
Oops, Wrong Day
Moving On
Three Months Old
Special Occasion Visits
Happy Halloween!

November 2014

Welcome, November
Happy Birthday To You...And You...And You!
Our First Adoption
One Hundred Posts
My Brother
They're Coming Home
Back On American Soil
Achoo, Achoo, Achoo!
Do You Feel Different?
Born From The Heart
Knowing They're Adopted
My Sister
Reality Show
Are You My Brother?
Babysitting
The Tears of Unimaginable Change
Farewells at School
My Little Brother
Last Day of Fieldwork
What a Blessing
Such a Long Week
Signing a New Song
Still Broken
Thanksgiving Break, Here I Come!
Are You Kidding Me?!
How Do We Tell Them?
Happy Thanksgiving!
And Now They Know
Four Month Anniversary
I Am So Thankful For...

December 2014

Happy December!
Effects of Being in a Foster Family
Welcome to the Club!
She's Gone
It's a Boy!
Christmas Cards
"In My Own Little Corner"
Finally Finished
Feedback
Feedback Revelation
Fighting Like Siblings
Aspiring Author
Reconnecting With Siblings
'Tis the Season
Vacation Prep
Christmas Cookie Creations
Almost Finished
A Wasted Trip
I Made It!
Keep Your Distance
Festival of Lights
The Things Kids Say
A Christmas Miracle
A Merry Sick Christmas Eve
Merry Christmas!
Hospital Run
Hospital Night Two
Good News/Bad News
Five Months Strong
I'm Not Sick!
Goodbye 2014!

January 2015

Hello 2015!
It's All Uphill From Here!
Writing Competition
How To Comment
Back To School They Go
A Long Day Out
Twin A
Twin B
Dinnertime Life Lessons
Making My Writing Known
Missing Our Little Sister
Welcome Family and Friends!
The Phone Call
Showing Off
How Cute! Is It Hard With Twins?
Growth
The Adoption Process Begins
Too Excited For Words
A Wish The Genie Couldn't Even Grant
The Beginning of the End
Excitement All Around
Exhausted
Time for Bed
DSS Changes
My Favorite Place of All
Fighting for the Child
Blizzard of 2015
Blizzard Bust
Rough Day
Happy Six Months!
The New Home of Taylor Talks
The Impact

February 2015

A Silly Discovery
Snow Day
An Icky Day
The Trail of Tissues
Pride
100 Days Until Graduation!!
Our Age Rule
Taking in Older Kids
I Want It
Valentine's Prep
Preparations
Ready at Last
So Sweet
Happy Valentine's Day!
The "Real" Children
Playing School
Not So Little
Primary Source
Birth Certificates
Signing
Respite Care
Only My Opinion
Ready, Set, Teach!
Nice Try
Good Job!
Penny For...Not Much
Just What I Had Hoped
How Is...?

March 2015

Marching Toward Spring (I Hope?)
Escape to Disney
Twin Reflections
Let's Vote
A Pretty Good Day
Little Flower Girls
What's a Home Study?
Foster Care Agencies
Welcome, Spring!
New Book Review
New Skills
Taylor... And Taylor?
Pulled It Off
Childhood in a Box
Florida Foster Family
Yikes... Not Good
Observation? Check!
'Twas the Night Before...
Sweet Memories
End of an Era
Bullying
Ready for Round 2
Housekeeping
Clothing
No Fun
Too Attached?
Little Kids
Florida, Here We Come!
On The Road
Welcome to Florida!
The Good, The Bad, and The Crazy

April 2015

May 2015

June 2015
Reunited
Disney World
End of the Week
Heading Home
Almost Home
Home At Last
Miss Krigsman
New Kid at School
Let's Talk About It
National Sibling Day
Time Trials
Sweet Treats
Visit Tantrums
Compare and Contrast
Closet Tears
Commencement Ceremony Confirmation
Sibling Night Out
New Godparents
Memory Lane
Teaching Foster Kids
In The Media
Frustration
Two Down, One To Go
Name Change
Special Olympics 2015
My First Reading
True Teacher
Caseworkers
What a Night
Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!
May is Here!
Sad News
Funeral Preparations
Last Observation
Condolences
Final Farewell
National Foster Care Month
Fun Night Out
Happy Birthday Mom!
Happy Mother's Day!
Poor Daddy
That's The End
Writing a Guest Post
New Arrivals
In Children's Words
Tomorrow!
Graduation Day!
It's A... New Kid!
My Brother's Birthday
Going to Family
Foster Family Picnic
Sibling Placements
Separate Siblings
A Year's Change
Looking Down on Foster Kids
Unseen Abuse
Making Progress
My Life With Asthma
Ten Months!
Our Last Foster Family Picnic
Books
Foster Parent Fridays
Let's Exercise
"Life as a Foster Sister"
Top 10 Things I Love About Foster Care
The Foster Mom Who I Call "Mommy"
Girls at Play
Tony Awards 2015
Dates, Dances, and Dreams
Family History
All Those Foster Kids
Clear Your Schedule
A Foster Mom Named Nicki
The Joy of Adoption
Biological Roots
Counting Down
A Criminal Case
Kindergarten Field Day
Does The Pain Go Away?
Interview With Ingrid
Kindergarten Graduates
Happy Father's Day!
Assortment of Adoptions
One More Day...
Last Day of School in NY
A Conversation About Foster Care
An Australian Experience
Love Is Love
My 5 Favorite Things About Adoption Days
The WHALE Program
Eleven Months Strong
Life Skills
Life as a Writer, Disney World Cast Member, and Big Sister through Foster Care & Adoption