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Sunday, April 5, 2015

sad times can be made into great lessons

Hi blog family!



Happy Easter to you all, I pray that you are all safe, well and with health &  LOVE, the greatest gift on earth!


We are working hard for our event May 21st at The Mount Kisco Public Library 4:30-6pm and we are working on our event flyer!

Our panel: Brandy, Tanya, Donna & Robert will Discuss the day they aged out: The Reality of Aging out" panel and Robert Hafetz will end our panel with thoughts on how we can help foster and adopted children!

Free event- refreshments for guest after! First seated at 4:30pm wins earrings or bracelet crafted by Tanya!
* Our goal to help with scholarships this year $2,000 please see our site to donate to our foster youth in college. This is work you often do not see until much later when people like me come back and help others. Even if you can only send $1 it adds up! Unless requested I will mention each donor in our event program as a thanks! Businesses that make a donation of $20 or more we will list your business!

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
Sad times come for all of us at some time in our life IF we live long enough. No person is without this sadness that comes more so to those with trauma, abandonment, neglect and abuse issues. No worries, you are human! God NEVER gives you more than you can handle IF you handle...your past.

Try to sit each day and write down things that are good bad and lovely in your past. By 30 years old whatever haunted you from childhood should have been talked about, discussed and put into your mental Louis Vuitton Luggage by now! IF you have not...it may continue to haunt you, making you feel sadder than usual, depressed. Talk to a professional IF you think the issue is causing you to hurt yourself or others OR isolate and be alone MOST of the time.

We all go though ruff times, don't let it get the best of you. When people are negative, when you have past issues that keep coming up in daily relationships or work...work on them and through them DON"T ignore them!! Write it down IF you don't have money for therapy or you may not truest anyone, its ok, but you have to process!!
We all have down days, but you must always get back up brush yourself off and keep moving forward with life. We only get one we can remember...lol (unless u believe in past life)...I never remember mine!! You deserve a great life, great friends, great job but YOU have to go after it with vigor, love and determination to never settle and perseverance to get through life free of any guilt! You are a winner as God made you..(ok for those who may not believe)..YOUR parents, even if they gave us away.....you are alive, that means God, the universe has great need for you and a message you must share to help others!
Write in your journals daily
Meditate daily
pray daily
LOVE daily...if you have love in your heart, all problems dissolve and don't seem so bad because LOVE takes over and even pain, death, sorrow can turn into a lesson to help others. Remember, this life is not about YOU, its about US. Stay strong stay positive, stay with us, as we need you....sad times, has great lessons!

Tanya

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Sam Smith - Lay Me Down (Red Nose Day 2015) ft. John Legend



hi blog family!



I dedicate this version to all those who went thru and going thru life challenges without family. Remember we all have a force guiding and loving us to be our best- remember only that when you are in despair and you will be ok! You are made in Gods likeness, meaning you are divine and meant to be- make your ancestors proud by choosing to start a new fulfilling life, even with challenges and all!! xo

T

save the date: May 21st our annual scholarship event!! flyer soon

check our new web page, (still in progress and we are still waiting for our IRS response..lol u know that could take 90 days!!) but we have time! God is good and nothing will stop my work until my last breath, as it is my mission to help those aged out!

Saturday, March 21, 2015

finding your thank you

Hi blog family!

What a month and my how time fly's when the snow is around!

Wanted to share with you today: Finding your thank you!

Often we look for blessings and we never said thank you for what we have in the moment! Learning to be grateful for what you have now, is crucial IF you are to get more.

I heard a girl complaining about what she does not have and why things are not great, she wanted everyone to "give" to her needs, not knowing we all have needs!

 Sometimes we get so caught up in negative language and thought and we forget to be thankful and grateful for whatever we have in our life now, missing our blessings.
Looking for thank you is not that hard, silence and observation, knowing you are still alive, not only breathing but able to process what I am writing - all major blessings!

Be grateful for today and what you have in the moment,  If you have health you can always get money.  IF you are thankful and listen to the universe you find peace and in peace you find your thank you and your blessing!

:)
T
FosterKidsUnite, Inc.
*we are still waiting for our 501c3 status
www.fosterkidsunite.org
 

Saturday, March 14, 2015

On The Town with Tanya Cooper



You all know my first idea to help fosters was to have my own late night tv since I was 12 and saw Johnny Carson! follow your dreams even if they don't start off shinning- keep moving forward the sun has to come out! xo

Thursday, March 12, 2015

You've Got The Dirtee Love - Dizzee Rascal ft Florence and the Machine (...



we have all had these days, but keep going, things get better IF YOU take action to make change! Small steps lead to big steps and NEVER give up!!



Tanya

* we are working on our website and save the date: May 21st 4:30-6pm at The Mount Kisco Public Library 2nd floor celebrate National Foster Care Awareness Month with us as we honor my brother who grew up with me in foster care all my life and he died 6 years ago. We will give the Robert Cooper Memorial Scholarship and honor those who help foster kids! Free event

 topic: The Reality of Aging Out" a panel 4 former fosters who are now adults and giving back to foster youth 3 will share their aging out story and one will share how we as a community can help those in care in our area! Information is everything!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Cold feet, keeping in all together & Moving forward with life


Hi blog family!

hope your all staying warm! For those who don't have classes, I hope you are taking advantage of this off time by reading your assignments, (yes I said read), hanging with good friends who are going places, (and not wanting to "light up" all day...yes, I said that..i hope your writing down goals and checking off all you complete!


At times life can be hard for any of us and we want to get cold feet and back out of life...(not be fully HERE, in the moment).
 For fosters, especially those without any support, there are times when it seems like things will fall apart and you just don't want to try anymore!

I am hear to tell you, ALL things pass, (I like to say all things past), as whatever problem you have today, whatever person place situation is troubling you, eventually IF you stay around and ride through the storm, it will be a part of your past!
Even if you were abused, neglected, no matter -  IF you OUT LIVE the problem, (meaning you NEVER give up by moving mentally forward EVERY day, no matter what) - it will pass and be in your past! You will get courage to say no say yes, move forward, move on, move ahead! MOVE and keep on moving, (soul to soul)

If you would have told me almost 6 years ago that I would survive my baby brothers death, I would have said no way! But because I kept faith and remained true to a saying my brother and I started when we were in a group home, "We NEVER give up", I am not only here but doing what I can to help other fosters by turning my pain into a source of hope for others! I kept it MOVING....

You must remember ALL humans go through something and anything you go through means you made it and are living, therefore, you can be an inspiration to others!

Stay focused on being the best you, enjoying THIS life and helping others once you achieve a stable life. You don't have to be rich (lol Prince) just grateful and willing to help when YOU can with what YOU have, this is how I kept it all together, by helping others, taking the focus off of my pain.

Often we get caught up in "I" and forget "WHY" WE are here, never forget you owe your ancestors to find YOUR greatness.
Not everyone will be a celebrity and in reality that is all an illusion and distraction from our real purpose in this life....to help others! No money, fame or person can help you achieve the greatest gift God has given us, to RISE and HELP OTHERS! Be Grateful, be kind...be you xo

Smile, someone is watching you...and they may learn from your kindness! :)
T
*any questions? FosterKidsUniteInc@gmail.com
* SOCIAL WORKERS * FOSTER CARE AGENCIES *FAMILY COURT *FOSTER PARENTS WITH AGING OUT YOUTH ABOUT TO GO TO COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL * AGED OUT FOSTERS WHO ARE AT COLLEGE

* NY youth who can attend our event May 21st At the Mount Kisco Public Library 4:30-6pm please social workers etc.. email us so we can send you the Robert Cooper Memorial Scholarship application due back by April 31st

 

Saturday, February 7, 2015

they are wrong Lira - Something Inside So Strong (Acoustic)



hi blog family!



I found this singer by accident but this song sums up a winner, even when others think you wont be much or think you have no value as a people OR a person....you are a winner! Your still standing after abandonment- nothing to do but move up and show them what you are made of- God made all of us strong! :)

Tanya

how you feel today Lira - "Feel Good"



hi blog family!

sharing Lira's music because this is how you should be thinking each day you are blessed to wake! New chances New People, new places and a chance to start living your best life!

See life not as a challenge but as a chance each day you wake to enjoy ALL the world has- NOTHING is out of reach! Ask Nelson Mandela, Dr. Kings, Mother Teressa, Ghandi, and all our ancestors who survived slavery, famine and Holocaust! Nothing is perfect and only YOU can make it right! Enjoy your day in love peace smiles and happiness!



Tanya

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Jobs | Supportive Housing Network of New York



looking for work? Hey blog family! check out this website for housing and jobs in NY- a lot of resources IF you LOOK for them online!! No excuse to be mediocre when greatness is your destiny! :)



As I gear up for the 50th bday, I thank God for bringing me, the child of an addict and alcoholic, this far! I thank him for bringing me through abandonment, neglect, abuse and my self pity, I thank him for all of you who are fosters, were fosters or work with fosters, we are all connected and I am grateful!



Hope you are writing down all your goals and making friends and contacts who can help you take your game to the next level!

If your in NY and want to apply for The Robert Cooper Memorial Scholarship email us: FosterKidsUniteInc@gmail.com




Jobs | Supportive Housing Network of New York