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Lots and Lots of Paperwork

8/3/2015

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Welcome back to Taylor Talks!

Have you ever moved? I don't know about moving within a state, but when you move across state lines like we did, there's a lot that you need to take care of when you're getting settled.
Just about everything that you need to do after a big move requires lots of paperwork. Proof of residency, birth certificates, physicals, utility bills, driver's licenses... the list goes on and on. The rough part is that all of the paperwork builds off of each other. For instance, you can't get a new driver's license unless you have your birth certificate and proof of residency. You need a utility bill in order to show proof of residency. And for some reason, in this era of going paperless, everything needs to be in a hard copy form.

We tried to go register all of the kids for school today, but couldn't accomplish anything. We ended up only going to the elementary school since we found out at that first stop that we needed more to get everyone registered. We don't have our new driver's licenses yet, so we need to take care of that first. We have proof of residency, but apparently it needs to be printed out. My mom has everyone's physicals (in hard copy luckily) but it turns out that they need to come from a Floridian doctor's office... so we need to find a new pediatrician pronto and get everything switched over in order to be able to get the kids signed up for school. There's so much that needs to be taken care of and it's making us all crazy!

This whole process does make me realize why foster children are placed in homes within their own county though. Imagine if they were placed across state lines, and all of this stuff had to be done before they could go to a new school? It must be hard enough when family members step up to take the kids and they live in another state. It takes a lot of work to get foster kids settled in a new house; it would be crazy if they were placed so far from their hometown.

Oh, and I can't forget to mention the rest of the paperwork that needs to be taken care of... I need to get all of my stuff together so I can go for Florida teaching certification! I found out where I need to go today, so I'm excited to begin this journey. Maybe I can get a substitute position for this school year, before I go to get my Master's Degree. I can't wait to see what the future holds!

Thank you so much for your continued support! I look forward to sharing more stories about my experience with foster care, and hopefully hearing from readers who have questions or similar stories to share. I'm always willing to answer questions and hear about other experiences! Please don't forget to like and share my 
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Taylor
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    My family started doing foster care when I was three years old. We took in nineteen children over the course of eighteen years, with our last placement leaving in December 2014. I'm the only biological child in my family, though my parents adopted five of my siblings.

    I love to share my perspective on the foster care system and share how my unique upbringing shaped my life.

    I'm also a Cast Member at Walt Disney World and lover of all things Disney! My career allows me the opportunity to find a little bit of Magic in life every day.


    I enjoy sharing my journey as a writer as well. Find my children's books on Amazon and keep following my blog for updates on future books that I'll be releasing!

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