June 2, 2018
Recently, there’s been a shift in the number one response I get when people find out my husband, Phil, and I are foster parents. For the […]
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November 27, 2017
In To the End of June, Cris Beam attempts to explain why the foster system is so troubled, and she leaves open the question, “What next?” […]
November 20, 2017
The sad truth about the foster care system in the United States is it is literally failing. In fact, it often harms the children it […]
November 13, 2017
The key to a child being successful in foster care is stability. I know this because I was in foster care for much of my childhood. […]
November 6, 2017
Our time with Kaden* was a gift. He had the biggest smile I had ever seen and he used it often. He was completely at peace […]
October 30, 2017
After reading Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison a second time and then writing my review of it, I contacted Carey, the friend who […]
September 6, 2017
She came to us a wide-eyed, petite four-year-old, swimming in clothes four times too big for her. Her previous foster family sent her with just a […]
September 5, 2017
One of my favorite things about fall has nothing to do with the cooler weather, the changing leaves, or the apples. Of course I enjoy all […]
May 16, 2017
People become foster parents for a variety of reasons. In Another Place at the Table, Kathy Harrison writes that her career as a foster parent began […]
May 2, 2017
The kids and I were at the pool when the first call came in. Only 48 hours earlier, we had jumped for joy as we received […]
April 25, 2017
In The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, we meet Victoria, a young woman who ages out of the foster system in California, and we […]
April 18, 2017
At 23 years old and with a couple years of marriage under our belt, we decided to become foster parents. The first child placed with us […]