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SippinTea

May 11, 2008, 03:00:53 PM
take in 17 foster children.

Yes, really.

See, I read this book while I was on vacation (Chasing Fireflies--by Charles Martin) and the author wrote with such depth of emotion and persuasion, I wanted to become a foster a mom. One of those foster moms that always has room for one more hurting kid. One of those foster moms that will silently hide under the bed with them. One of those foster moms that can say a million life-changing things in one short sentence. One of those foster moms that tells them not to call me mom, because that name needs to be available for whenever their mom comes to get them. One of those foster moms that doesn't snuff out their last bit of hope because that is, after all, what will keep them going.

Okay, I'm obviously dreaming. I don't think I'm wise enough or strong enough to do that. But.... I know how to love. And maybe that's what they really need.

*ceases rambling and gets back to the book*

Chasing Fireflies is written from the perspective of a newsman (*grin* No, not that newsman) who is trying to uncover the truth about his foster dad. The foster dad has been the object of ridicule and insults and even outright hatred from the town's residents, but the crime he supposedly committed years and years before, has a large mystery attached to it. On his way, this newsman gets thrown in jail three times, runs into an abandoned child (who reminds him of himself when he was small), has an (acquired) sister die from AIDS, and bumps into love (doesn't every good story have a touch of romance? *grin*). The mystery element was fabulous, the characters so well-developed that I'd love to meet these people, but the real reason I loved this book was the amazing way the author paints life from a foster child's perspective. It made me laugh, and (almost) cry, and understand, and get angry, and want to lock up people who do awful things to kids, and... well... want to take in 17 hurting kids.

Kris, I know you're reading my post. Now ya just gotta go read this book. Truly. It's amazing.

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

sunlight

#1
May 11, 2008, 04:32:07 PM
can you bring it to OK with you? :grin:
  :attackhug: Be full of hugs!

The Purple Fuzzy

#2
May 11, 2008, 04:49:38 PM
Do you REALLY think that you will have time to read while in OK?  :o

sunlight

#3
May 11, 2008, 05:39:34 PM
you never know.... lol.

i might go find me a tree to climb and read a book while they are doing other things... lol!

  :attackhug: Be full of hugs!

SippinTea

#4
May 11, 2008, 08:53:55 PM
Quote from: sunlight on May 11, 2008, 04:32:07 PM
can you bring it to OK with you? :grin:

I could bring it, yes... but I plan to make sure you have no time for reading. ;)

I'll climb the tree with you and we can chat! Forget the book. *grin*

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

Sis

#5
May 11, 2008, 09:14:22 PM
After a few posts, I forget what the thread is bout when they have half titles. Oh yeah, some book.  :pound:

sunlight

#6
May 12, 2008, 03:02:06 AM
Cool beans!  sounds amazing!

Quote from: SippinTea on May 11, 2008, 08:53:55 PM
Quote from: sunlight on May 11, 2008, 04:32:07 PM
can you bring it to OK with you? :grin:

I could bring it, yes... but I plan to make sure you have no time for reading. ;)

I'll climb the tree with you and we can chat! Forget the book. *grin*

:beret:
  :attackhug: Be full of hugs!

Ashlee

#7
May 12, 2008, 03:09:02 AM
Quote from: SippinTea on May 11, 2008, 08:53:55 PM
Quote from: sunlight on May 11, 2008, 04:32:07 PM
can you bring it to OK with you? :grin:

I could bring it, yes... but I plan to make sure you have no time for reading. ;)

I'll climb the tree with you and we can chat! Forget the book. *grin*

:beret:

You two will be on your own. I'm not climbing a gp tree with anybody,.  I kow what ya'll do in those trees. :o.

*hides* :couch:

sunlight

#8
May 12, 2008, 03:11:19 AM
not if its Ruby and I...

now if it were some guys... well, i cant promise anything.

But if it were Ruby and I, we have some stuff we need to talk about, i can guarantee we would be talkin.
  :attackhug: Be full of hugs!

MelodyB

#9
May 12, 2008, 05:04:27 AM
* MelodyB heads to Amazon.com
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#10
May 12, 2008, 07:06:24 AM
Quote from: MelodyB on May 12, 2008, 05:04:27 AM
* MelodyB heads to Amazon.com

You just do that, Girlie! And while yer at it.... look up Healing Stones by Nancy Rue & Stephen Arterburn, too. :D

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#11
May 12, 2008, 07:07:41 AM
Is that what I think it is? ;)
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#12
May 12, 2008, 07:12:14 AM
Depends. What do you think it is? :P

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#13
May 12, 2008, 07:13:48 AM
Haha...the OTHER book you were talkin about.
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#14
May 12, 2008, 07:18:34 AM
Dat be de one. :thumbsup2: Maybe if you read it, it'll make more sense than I was makin' on IM tonight. *laugh*

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#15
May 12, 2008, 07:25:37 AM
*cough*

Hope so.. especially the "lalalala la la la lalalalalalala laaaaa laaaaaa" part.

;)
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#16
May 12, 2008, 07:39:22 AM
 :laughhard: NM.... I'm going to bed....

:P

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#17
May 12, 2008, 07:46:01 AM
Or perhaps the "blub, blub, blub"

In fact...I dont know what you were talking about...what did you have to drink at the resturant? :eyebrow:


*HUGS* Ruby I like it when you are silly, it usually means you are happy. ;)
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

MelodyB

#18
May 12, 2008, 08:03:20 AM
BTW...back on topic here some...

You could always birth that many kids...the Duggars are preggo with their 18th child now.


:hypocrite:
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

newkris

#19
May 12, 2008, 11:41:39 AM
cute last line . . .  i almost missed this.  :pwink:

sounds like a fantastic book.  fiction or non? 

have you read Hope's Boy yet?  you really should.  andy is a fantastic writer.

i was talking with someone this week-end who wants to go into juvenile justice and social work for teens.  so . .  of course i recommended the two standards about being in a foster home - Hope's Boy and Finding Fish.  we discussed the disproportionate rate of foster kids who grow up to be in the criminal justice system, homeless and the huge number of teen pregnancies and child abuse. 

it occurred to me that no one (that i know of) has written a book about foster care from a female perspective. 

hhhmmm ..... interesting. 

thanks for the tip ruby roo.  i'll have to see if i can find a niche of reading time this summer. 
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SippinTea

#20
May 12, 2008, 02:16:46 PM
Quote from: newkris on May 12, 2008, 11:41:39 AM
it occurred to me that no one (that i know of) has written a book about foster care from a female perspective. 

Write us one, Kris! If anyone could, you can. :) And I'll even buy a first edition. ;)

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#21
May 12, 2008, 03:03:00 PM
Ill buy one too!
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

Sis

#22
May 12, 2008, 05:25:12 PM
I will only buy one if you autograph it!  :hypocrite:

RainbowJingles

#23
May 12, 2008, 07:03:49 PM
Wow.  Sounds like a book to add to my reading list, Ruby.

Problem is that when I read "A Child Called It" it made me angry to the point that I could barely handle it (I felt physically sick!!), to think that someone would have treated an innocent child like that woman treated her son.  Not sure if I should read many other books like that one.
:flamingmad:

Sis

#24
May 12, 2008, 07:10:36 PM
Quote from: RainbowJingles on May 12, 2008, 07:03:49 PM
Wow.  Sounds like a book to add to my reading list, Ruby.

Problem is that when I read "A Child Called It" it made me angry to the point that I could barely handle it (I felt physically sick!!), to think that someone would have treated an innocent child like that woman treated her son.  Not sure if I should read many other books like that one.
:flamingmad:

So true. What made me madder was when the kid DID escape the cop brought him back and believed the mother not him. That engrained in his mind that there would be no escape.
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