April 22, 2020
Foster care is hard. It is filled with uncertainties, inconveniences, and heartbreak. I’ve dealt with my fair share of each. My husband and I have been […]
September 12, 2019
A few months ago, I spoke at Fostering Hope, a recruiting event hosted by Care2Foster, in the Midlands about the impact of fostering on my biological […]
August 29, 2019
Approximately one in every 10 foster children has been the victim of physical abuse, according to the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau. There’s the […]
December 5, 2018
Every year when Thanksgiving gives way to Christmas time, we start to hear bells at stores. Trees appear with dangling Christmas ornaments that double as shopping […]
November 30, 2018
By guest blogger and foster mom, Brooke Blake Our journey to foster care didn’t officially begin until October of 2017. My husband, Brandon, and I mulled […]
October 28, 2018
I’ve always been a black & white person. Right or wrong… for or against… I’ve known where I stand. In my high school yearbook, one of […]
July 24, 2018
The first time I attended a retreat for foster and adoptive parents, I cried through most of it. For the first time in months, I […]
July 9, 2018
In my seven years experience living in foster care and the two years I spent working for DSS as a case manager, I came across some […]
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 […]
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 9, 2017
Who Will Cry for the Little Boy? Who will cry for the little boy? Lost and all alone. Who will cry for the little boy? Abandoned […]
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 […]