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Fostering Blog. James (name changed) was very excited about the plans to slowly remove lockdown. I warned him that things could change if infections went back up but he was already planning the things he wanted to do. Other than

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Tired Out Blog

Fostering James Blog The fitness work is beginning to work for James (name changed) and he says he feels better already whereas I am still carrying a few pounds too many and I am totally lacking in fitness. So we’ve

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Blog | Fostering Doubts

Fostering Blog – Doubts. The exercise classes are going well and certainly James (name changed) is enjoying the consequences of seeing me limp about like an old man. The diet, or cutting down on junk food, is working well too.

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School Again Blog

Fostering Blog – Back to School. James (name changed) is back to school! I was expecting a struggle for him to get up but no, he was up bright and early, showered and looking very smart. I had asked him

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Men in Fostering Blog

Fostering Blog – James. After a week of James (name changed) being back at school it seemed weird having him at home over the weekend. For him it was great, lie in and no lessons. We stuck to our exercise

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Men in Fostering Blog

Fosterman – Fostering Blog. With some of the lockdown restrictions soon to be lifted I thought it would be a good idea to think of some things to do with James (name changed) to get us out and about. Having

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Building Futures Blog

Fosterman – Fostering Blog. Since James (name changed) has lived with me he has been interested in a number of careers from catering to the Army and a few in between. When he got home today he informed me that

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Fitness Blog

Fostering Blog. I had a call from my Supervising Social Worker (SSW) today regarding James (name changed). James’ Social Worker had called to ask the SSW about having James as a long term placement, with me. The SSW asked why the

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Fun Weekend Blog

Fostering Blog What a fun weekend that was. My sons came around, yes they are in my bubble, and we had a great Saturday which was basically my sons and James (name changed) playing on the PlayStation and watching football

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Groundhog Day Blog

Fostering Blog Welcome to Groundhog Day. Well the weekend was quiet, no more calls or unpleasantness. James (name changed) had a busy weekend as we agreed that he could see Paige. I’d had a long chat with his Dad and

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Maths Geek Blog

Fostering Blog. Yesterday James (name changed) came to me with some Maths homework that he couldn’t get his ear around. Frankly I sat there for about 20 minutes trying to figure out what on earth any of it meant. Fortunately

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Disclosure Blog

My Fostering Blog. James (name changed) asked if we could talk through some stuff from he lived at home as he wanted to get it off his chest. What followed was about two hours of very emotional and quite difficult

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