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Children’s Book Release!


Literature

We have given birth to a book, a children’s picture book to be exact, in collaboration with the talented Lana Kuhns, who painted the images.

February 7, 2023

Thanksgiving and Advent


Celebrations

Advent has begun, with tiny boxes of surprises, a calendar we enjoy and reuse. In each box I put a sweet treat, or a clue leading to it…

December 6, 2021

Naughty and nice and apple pie spice


Foster care, Life around home

“Don’t put that in your mouth, be nice to the dog, stop taking toys away from your sister, sit down please, what a great drawing you made.”

November 16, 2021

When Faith Becomes De Longest River


Foster care, Promoted

I am relieved to find, in the middle of my grief, that this wound is cleaner because I didn’t insist that he save me out of it.

July 23, 2021

Photographic check in


Life around home

I am snapping lots of photos of this glorious world. I can tell you about my current life with them easily. Watch this.

June 17, 2021

Foster Care Awareness Interview


Foster care

“We all come to foster care with mixed emotions, histories, and motives. Please don’t forget that this story is not primarily about you.”

June 9, 2021

This privilege: Baby days


Foster care

She is the cutest thing we’ve ever seen, and we treasure the days and all the times until she can transition to a birth family member.

February 2, 2021

January Goals – my reports and confessions


Goals

I learned that what I eat as habit, or in the company of other people, I easily forget to monitor. But also that when I cut in one area…

January 31, 2021

Technology detox


Life around home

What do they do, little urban citizens of virtual worlds, when they arrive in a home where screentime for preschoolers is not prioritized? How do they live?

May 20, 2020

SnapChat


Life around home

You can call us crazy, if you want, and not in a good way. We have our moments of absolute certainty to that effect.

April 20, 2020

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Shari Zook


Shari Zook is a wife, mother of four, and foster parent for the past eight years. She bakes cakes, grows herbs, and reads amazing books, but her heart is in nurturing children, crafting words, and connecting with women.

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