I'm doing 28 things
I love kids and I “get” them. I couldn’t take on a permanent kid, but I think I could take one in for a bit.
Back when I was big with child, living in Fort Worth and struggling, struggling, I did this in a small, tiny way.
The kids across the street were outside, just sitting. Finally as it started to get dark I went over and asked if they were hungry. There parents hadn’t come home. They were hungry.
We left a note on their door and came over to my house and made spaghetti. It turned out their parents had been arrested for writing hot checks and everyone had forgotten them. They didn’t have a key, or a phone, they were alone.
We had a nice night. A relative came over around 11 p.m. and collected them.
The next morning, I found a picture on my doorstep that the older boy made for me. A picture of a fat, happy baby and a note, “Thank you for dinner!, You’re gonna be a great mom and your baby is gonna be very cool.”
Since then, I’ve thought fostering might be a fine thing to do.
stacysch's Life List
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1. visit crazy roadside attractions across the country
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2. learn to love myself
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3. make a mosaic out of found objects
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4. travel
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5. turn a cartwheel
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6. finish the documentary pilot
1 person -
7. organize my house
500 people -
8. seriously consider writing a novella or collection...while staying at a lodge in Wyoming
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9. have a beautiful yard
6 people -
10. have a horse
55 people -
11. take an art class
321 people -
12. be a foster mom
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13. learn to crochet
1 cheer975 people -
14. take a tap dance class
12 people -
15. write a play
587 people -
16. take portraits of my friends
2 people -
17. take my dogs for regular walks
1 person -
18. take my parents to lunch
2 people -
19. do yoga
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20. GET FIT
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21. get a tattoo
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22. marry someone who makes me laugh
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23. go to Big Bend and climb the peak I skipped last time
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24. snowboard again
7 people -
25. sell a screenplay
148 people -
26. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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27. see the northern lights
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28. Swim with dolphins
7,159 people
Recent entries
on fostering
2 years ago
I came back down...
2 years ago
The person I was with convinced me that going up the peak would end the relationship, he was afraid I would fall off the rocks, the very same rocks that thousands of people, people less fit than I amble up perfectly fine every year.
I came back down for all the wrong reasons and one day I’ll go back and go all the way up for all the right ones.
on cartwheels
2 years ago
I love cartwheels. I used to do cartwheels, both one and two armed on summer nights. Since my arm was injured, I haven’t felt brave enough to try it again. I’m aware my arm could break again, but one day, I’ll be strong enough…one day when I’m far too old to do a cartwheel, I’ll do a cartwheel.
