Holly Marlow

Adoption, Fostering and Special Guardianship

“What would you do if a wolf tried to eat me?”

I used to think my son had a lot of fears. He asks “what would you do if…?” followed by a terrifying scenario. With time, I’ve realised he’s not actually afraid these things will happen. He just wants to hear how I would protect him. It’s a test for me, Mum #3. The Mum who […]

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Training

Towards the end of Stage 1 of the adoption process, we were invited to go to “prospective adopters training.” This was 3 full days of training with other prospective adopters, plus a “Carousel Evening” to speak to experienced adopters. I was so excited! The training was HARD. Not in the sense that it was difficult […]

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