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We are passionate about helping kids that have experienced loss and trauma. We think the best thing we can do to help them is to support, encourage and empower the foster and adoptive parents who are raising them.?We’d love to connect so that we can be sending you periodic encouragement and helpful resources. No Tricks, no sales, no cost. If you sign up for our updates we will start by sending you a large portion of Jennie’s new book, Dancing with a Porcupine.
When faith, endurance and creativity are not enough, what's next?
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Parenting is hard. So what do you do when you’re parenting a child who has experienced trauma or has extra challenges?
You often feel alone and inadequate. You want so much to help your child, but you are at the end of your own rope. You feel guilty that sometimes you want to just quit.
What can you do — how can you make it through the day — how can you help your child while also taking care of yourself?
Maybe someone you love is parenting a traumatized child. Or perhaps you are a social worker, counselor, or other professional who sees families like these every day. You want to know how to better help them.
In Dancing with a Porcupine, Jennie Owens shares with humor and raw honesty the compelling story of her struggle to save her own life while caring for three children she and her husband adopted from foster care. How could she stay loving, giving, and forgiving in the midst of a daily battle with children acting out the rage, resentment, and pain of their own traumatic pasts?
When faith, endurance, and creativity are not enough, what’s next?
Jennie's children, who are now adults, have bravely chosen to have their stories told in the hopes that it can help other children who've experienced trauma. To quote Parker, one of the Owens' children, "I want my story to be told if it will help other kids."
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Launch Party for Dancing with a Porcupine
RSVP For the Launch Party Here We are celebrating the release of Dancing with a Porcupine, as well as helping to get the word out to social service agencies and media about the book. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served, and copies of the book can be purchased....
Jennie Owens, Parenting Advocate and Program Manager for Forever Homes, Releases Debut Title
For Immediate Release West Richland, WA, September 3, 2019 - Parenting is hard, especially when parenting a child who has experienced trauma or has extra challenges. You want so much to help your child, but the stress often leaves you feeling hopelessly alone and...
Our Next Phase: Recovering from two decades of special needs Parenting
We needed a change. After an intense 12 years of parenting children from hard places and coming along side of other foster and adoptive families, we were in need of personal rejuvenation. All in all we?d parented over 100 children and helped over 1,000 families. We...
The Vitamins that Saved my Life
Every year at Rejuvenate retreat I?m asked what vitamin regimen helped me get back to health after a doctor told me I was going to die if I didn?t get rid of my stressors. I figured I?d finally write it up in a post it so people can more easily share it. For me, in my situation, these truly are the best vitamins for stress.
Best Adoption Books
I am making a list of the best adoption books. Can you help? Which adoption book(s) have been the most helpful to you? It is no?surprise that adoptive and foster parents have limited time constraints. As a group, we tend to really want to help our kids. I'm working to...
The Adoptive Parents Biggest Mistake That Hinders Attachment – And How to fix it.
We are continuing our series on the difficulty of loving difficult kids. In this episode we will uncover the biggest mistake parent can make which will make it even more difficult to look lovingly at a child who has suffered complex traumas.
Watch to the end and will will bust through 6 myths adoptive and foster parents buy into. When we bust through these myths this monumental task will get easier (not easy)
Joanna Martin Joins the Rejuvenate Team as Director of the WA Rejuvenate!
As the retreats grow, we've seen the need to add more retreat staff. We are excited to announce that Joanna Martin has accepted the position of Director for the Washington state Rejuvenate. Joanna attended one of the first Rejuvenate retreats in Washington state and...
Exciting Craft Classes at PA Rejuvenate Retreat
We are excited to share the craft classes planned for the PA Rejuvenate Retreat with you. We have a Fairy Garden class, a Burlap Wreath class, a Canvas Painting class by Brushstrokes on Canvas, a Basic Cake Decorating class, and a Wooden Sign class. The classes are...
Staying Present in the Whirlwind: Joanna Martin Sharing at Western WA
We are excited to have Joanna Martin leading a workshop at the Western Washington Rejuvenate Retreat. Joanna spent years trying to survive as a foster parent before simply surviving wasn't enough. Her journey of self-discovery and healing has slowly brought her to a...
Christy Weitz and the Zumba Dance Party coming to Rejuvenate Washington State!
In addition to being a wife and mother to an awesome 8 year old son, Christy Weitz is a nutrition professional and group fitness instructor. She currently works full-time as Dietary Manager for long-term healthcare facility where she is responsible for meeting the...
Adoptizine
Our gift to adoptive and foster parents everywhere with a reminder to smile. 🙂