This week as I was listening to the song, “Mary Did You Know” something crossed my mind that I have never thought about. I have

Survivors Thriving Writing Retreat in Banner Elk, NC I needed so badly to find the words to express what this weekend meant to me because it

Surprise 🤍 We ARE OPEN!!!August 3rd, 2021 the day after we adopted Gabriel we closed our home.Licensing needed to do a quarterly visit that same

Hi! I am Brittany lover of Jesus Christ. I am wife to Jared and momma to Jozi Noel (9), and our newly adopted heart grown

My grandmother is at a nursing home currently for rehab purposes. She fell and broke her hip and had hip replacement. I firmly believe that

Not one day goes by that I don’t think: what if we had not answered the call that God placed?  I believe God would have

Put yourself in his shoes.  I just read a quote by @laurenmarl that said death is not the solution to foster care. Death is not

That chicken nug life.Let’s talk food and kids.I use to be like a lot of moms and believe that all kids eat good if they

https://fosteringfaithfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_0059.mp4 I prayed for him to smile. The first night we got Gabriel was really intense. His injuries were SO severe he had a hard

Overwhelmed. Feeling all the things as we are two days away from forever. I always read where moms felt the lose involved with adoption, I

We have had a lawyer now for 2.5 years. To be completely up front and clear. Jim didn’t win our case. God did. Jim stated

Last minute Dollywood trip. 🤍💗 Joz and I wore our FFF matching shirts. Before we left for the night a man stopped me and inquired

We waited 3 years to adopt. And, we are down to 4 weeks. I know that’s fairly common in foster care situations. But, I am

Bubs has been in potty training mode. He’s trying so hard and loves for us to tell him he’s doing a good job. He has

G will officially be a Kelley, August 2nd, 2021!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ “When the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen.” Isaiah 60:22

This last wait. I can’t explain it. But, this last wait is different. It’s getting tough, but God filled. It’s like we are at the

Saw this picture of G from 2 years ago. So powerful with his, “Make G a Kelley” shirt. This same day lots of other people

FB reminded me that today was 2 years since I took Joz to see Dumbo. {keep reading} Two years ago today G had to go

“My chains are gone, I’ve been set free my God my Savior has ransomed me and like a flood His mercy rains Unending love Amazing

My baby is LEGALLY FREE today!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 … I have no words other than God is so good and he answers prayers! . . (What

We didn’t, He did.  I was thinking today about this time two years ago. It was in April. We had gotten a letter from DSS.

{you do you girl.} I’ve been convicted by this phrase lately. I don’t want to raise a “you do you, girl” daughter. I’ve heard this

It’s this guys birthday week!!! 🎂   When he was 1 a psychologist told us to start early telling him he was born in our

My faith wavered this week. I got shook by the fact that we may have another little bump right here before the end… To clarify

I just had to pick up a prescription for G. I had to give his full name. I teared up. I don’t often have to

And. just. like. that. When we least expected it. God changed the heart of G’s dad. He filed a motion yesterday to withdraw his appeal.

Today I had the strangest sensation… as G stood in the kitchen and Jared and I at the table.. ahhh out of no where a

Joz has been struggling with migraines. She asked what I thought was wrong with her head. Talk about soul crushing for a momma for a

{Election Day.} What a God given right we have. I voted early during one of the three days our power was out. Jared and I

{Esther} Fun fact: This was almost JN’s name! No joke for most of my pregnancy we considered naming JN, Esther. I love the book of

I was going through my pictures tonight and saw this. I haven’t really talked about it much. But, man I saw it and it brought

We are two weeks away from having G for two years. . Two years. Someone asked me today how it was going and where we

I don’t deserve Jozi Noel Kelley. 🤍 . Thing about Jo is- I don’t believe she wrote that she loved God on her paper at

{my sunshine ☀️} . The other night after I gave G a bath I wrapped him up in a towel like I always do. But, this

Want to know a secret I’ve been holding on to? . A few months ago I wrote a blog post on the urgency of the

{Big boy room} . I don’t know what it is about this milestone in particular, but I have never been so proud. It’s been about

Let’s talk trauma. . We have come a long way. A very long way. The little boy we brought home at 8 months old stared

Break my heart Lord for what breaks yours.   I was shielded to the magnitude of G’s abuse at first. I saw what had happened,

When I was really little I was infatuated with Michael Jordan. I wanted to play basketball just like him. I collected all the basketball cards

We were told in court last year before an entire room of lawyers by an opposing lawyer, “that we had one job.” Meaning we had

Mommas. Let them know it’s good to have muscles. Let them know we only exercise to be healthier, fitter, and to be able to run

We almost didn’t go through with pictures. I had outfits for the kids all ready because our adoption was suppose to be last week. •

{Baby Soap}   After, we got the call to pick G up we were told to swing by DSS first for paperwork and also a

“Follow me” Again, if you haven’t seen the @thechosentvseries download it now! It’s so good. The show portrays Jesus calling each of his disciples one

Spiritual Rest Part #2 • Stop working for your Father’s love. This is hard for me. So hard. I didn’t realize it was hard until

While we took a walk today around our neighborhood, I started to pray about everything going on right now in our country. How sided it

A psychologist took a Polaroid picture of our family. She assessed G within our home for 4.5 hours one morning. She watched us cook breakfast,

Spiritual Rest. I’ve been reading on this and these words have been stuck in my head for a week now. “Come unto me, all ye

We met our new caseworker today. Our last caseworker has become part of our family. He has stood in the gap for us for a

Today was G’s legally free day. • Today the appeal period for termination of all rights to him was over. • Today was the day

One year ago. One whole year ago tomorrow we went to court for a hearing to remove G from our home. What I remember most

We had to have the bond pictured above evaluated by a psychologist.   Due to our circumstances, this assessment was completed early in hopes of

We were 7 days away from the judge “closing G’s case.” Meaning we were 7 days away from TPR completely being granted and just waiting

Two lawyers turned us down. Two.  We were in an emergency situation. Jared and I had previously visited a lawyers office two weeks prior to

1 year with G!!! Today is 1 year for us!! This has by far been the most challenging year. Ever. We have needed the Lord’s