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Bridgette
Bridgette

Bridgette
Washington

Basic Info

Bridgette

Age: 36
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Christian

Child Preferences

Age: Infant to 12 years old
Sex: Either
Max Number of Children: 12
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian, African American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Mixed, Bi-Racial, Unknown


Special Needs the Family is Open To: Any Child (Open to Discussion), Animal Allergies, Asthma, Drug Allergies, Environmental Allergies, Food Allergies, Physically Aggressive to Other Children, Difficulty in Attaching, Difficulty Making Friends, Encopresis, Lying, Poor Social Skills, Self-Abuse, Stealing, Wets the Bed, Born with HIV issues or HIV Positive, Drug Addicted at Birth, Failure to Thrive, Fetal Alcohol Effected, Low Birth Weight or Premature, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Non-Ambulatory, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physically Disabled-Mild, Deaf, Hearing Impaired, Speech Delays - Mild, Speech Delays - Moderate, Vision Impaired, Anorexia/Bulimia, Hoarding, Overeating, Academically behind due to poor attendance, Cognitive Delay - Mild, Expulsion(s), Has Behavior Problems in School, Mild Learning Disabilities, Moderate Learning Disabilities, Speech or Language Impairment, Suspension(s), One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Depression, One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Schizophrenia, One/Both Parents Have Alcohol Addiction, One/Both Parents Have Drug Addiction, One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Bipolar, Exposed to Domestic Violence, One/Both Parents Have Had a Mental Diagnosis, Child has had a disrupted adoption, Multiple Placements, Residential Treatment History, ADHD, AIDS, Arthritis, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Diabetes, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Heart Disorder: May Require Surgery, Hemophilia, HIV, Muscular Dystrophy, Seizures, Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Traits, Spinal Bifida, Aspergers Syndrome, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Previous Psychiatric Hospitalization, Requires Medication For Psychiatric Condition/Mental Health Diagnosis, Requires Counseling/Therapy, Runaway - Past, Willing to Maintain Contact via Mail with Bio Family, Willing to Maintain Contact with Past Foster Parents, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Grandparents & Other Relatives, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Siblings, Child Identifies as LGBT, Sexually Abused in the Past

Environment

State: Washington
Neighborhood: Country/Rural
Residency:
Children in the Home: 1
Pet(s): Farm animal(s)

Work

Bridgette

Occupation: Emergency Medical Technician

Adoption Agency

Agency: A Family For Every Child
Worker: Stephanie Cummings
Worker: s.cummings@afamilyforeverychild.org
City: Eugene
State: Oregon
Zip: 97402

Family Description

I have spent the last 1.5 years with two little brothers that recently went back to their moms care permanently. This was a long and wonderful process to be a part of. I had a third foster son, age 9, that was with me until he was moved to a kinship placement. My current foster son is aged 16 and is an emergency placement. I am contemplating only taking on emergency placements since my long term placements returned home. I have had a great experience with my two little boys and still get overnights once or twice a month since their mom and I became good friends through this journey. I own my own home and have chickens and an assortment of flowers in my gardens. I have an amazing support group comprised of my family as well as close friends. My village, including my boy’s biological parents, are all working towards goals for our shared children. We have started the process of reunification and, while difficult, it’s why I became a foster parent in the first place. I would love to grow my family through adoption and have talked with the boys about this on many occasions. As I said before, they are placed in my home through foster care, but they have become a long-term placement and are very bonded with my family. They have a strong bond with my parents and call them Grandma and Grandpa. The boys love spending time at the farm "helping" grandpa as well as hanging out with my dozen or so nieces and nephews that we often visit. This spring we ventured into t ball and kick started the summer with both boys in soccer with several river camping trips down and more to follow. Camping, hiking, beach combing, and time spent on my parents farm is normal for us. We love our little area of our state.

Preference Description

Hoping to adopt a sibling group of any ethnicity with at least one member under 3 years old. Would consider minor to moderate medically correctable conditions, special needs, learning and developmental delays. More severe on case by case consideration.

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Daily life

Home and community

Parenting Experience

Support

Motivation to Adopt

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Beach combing expedition on Rialto

My sisters

More beach combing

My mom and I both volunteer for the fire dept

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My parents cattle herd

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They are sweet cows and steers

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More cow pics

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My house

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