EMILY: ON FIRST TIME PARENTING + BOOKS + HELPING YOUR KIDS SAY GOOD-BYE
Emily Attaway is a foster mom and adoptive mother of three kiddos from foster care. This week she talks real about becoming a mom and foster mom all at once, the choice to build her family through adoption, keeping siblings together, reunification and walking your forever kids through good-byes, and books and books and more books.
• The intro song, The Source, is brought to you by one of the best new worship bands out there, The Evidence. Yes, the frontman is my (talented, brilliant, adorable, Jesus-loving) cousin. No, that's not why I love them.
• The Connected Child by Dr. Karyn Purvis {THE book for parenting foster + adopted kiddos. If you don't have it, you need it.}
• Give Them Grace by Elyse Fitzpatrick {My favorite parenting book, too.}
• Raising Grateful Kids in An Entitled World by Kristen Welch {Incidentally, Kristen Welch and her book, Rhinestone Jesus, are the reason I became a blogger.}
• Generous Justice by Tim Keller {Warning: Your world will be rocked. You won't be the same after reading. Proceed with caution.}
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel {The dystopian book off Emily's best of 2017 list.}
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman {The "quirky" book off Emily's best of list that's headed to my "to read" list.}
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng {I've read others by Ms. Ng, and she's spot on.}
• The Dublin Murder Squad Series by Tana French {Book 1: In the Woods & Book 2 (which Emily said is the best psychological thriller she's read): The Likeness}
• Hamilton {In case, like Emily, you've been living under a rock and haven't experienced it yet.}
• THIS IS US {If you haven't yet watched This Is Us, you shut this browser now and get. on. it. Warning: you will cry.}
• MUG CAKES {Emily & I geeked out over these single serving, easily-hidden-from-the-kids gifts of chocolate joy.}
