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Family

Family is huge to me! We have a sandwich family, with three kids, two at home and one Grandma Linda living with us due to dementia.

I write about all different family topics like dementia, adopting from foster care and other fun family “stuff”.

Here are a few of my recent posts to get you started!

  • Dementia & Alzheimers Caregivers
  • Natural Living
  • Adopting From Foster Care

Dementia & Alzheimers Caregivers

We are so fortunate to be able to care for my husband's Mom in our home. She fell last year and was hospitalized for two weeks, after which she moved in with us!

Here are my best tips and ideas for being a caregiver!

How To Find Your Loved One If They Wander Off

How To Find Your Dementia Loved One If They Wander Off

5 Reasons You CAN'T Argue With Dementia

5 Reasons You CAN'T Argue With Dementia

5 Home Remedies For Bed Sores

5 Home Remedies For Bed Sores

Read all my Caregiver Articles!

Natural Living

I am a tree hugging, pescatarian eating, allergy sufferer from way back! With that in mind, I am always looking for natural ways to keep my home clean and our family healthy!

Here are my top posts about natural living:

The Best Essential Oils For Yeast Infections

How To Start A Dyalog Travelers Notebook Art Journal

How To Use Texture Paste In Mixed Media

How To Use Texture Paste In Mixed Media

Read all my Natural Living articles!

Adopting From Foster Care

We adopted our kids from foster care! They are amazing and wonderful, and sometimes a handful to handle because of past trauma.

Here are my best posts about what we learned about adopting from foster care:

Deciding When To Move Your Parent In With You

Deciding When To Move Your Parent In With You

Honest Review of Instant Family By Mom of 3 Adopted Foster Children... Here is my honest review about what Instant Family got right and wrong about adopting from the foster care system! For sure I will be covering themes of adoption, but also trauma, loss and joy.

Honest Review of Instant Family By Mom of 3 Adopted Foster Children

5 Tips For When You Are Trying To Adopt Older Foster Kids... About 7 years ago my husband and I decided to adopt foster children (well really just one) through the foster care system. The process took over 2 years and a lot of heartbreak, but we wound up with 3 amazing kids! Here are my tips, truths and ideas for shortening up that process and making it much easier. 

5 Tips For When You Are Trying To Adopt Older Foster Kids

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The Jacobsen Family

Here to show that being a "sandwich" Mom and caregiver doesn't have to be all doom and gloom... let's have some fun with the madness! Tips and ideas for how to care for your kids, parents and self! Let's share some laughs and just try to make it out alive!

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tara jacobsen

Tara is a blogger, Etsy shop owner, Mom to three kids, 3 dogs, 3 cats and a turtle. Her BA in Psychology from Kent State has served her well in the new Dementia caregiver role she has taken on and her creativity is what keeps her sane!

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