July 29, 201952 July 29, 2019What You Really Should Know About Kids in Fostering FamiliesLet’s just be real. We love our kids and we want them to thrive, but we don’t have a crystal ball. We don’t know what is […]
July 23, 201937 July 23, 2019I am a REAL momDon’t you want a child of your own? It will be so different. Permanent. Don’t you want to be real mom? You’re so good at it. […]
July 23, 201964 July 23, 2019What Makes a Great Foster ParentSuper heroes. Angels. Saints. One of the things we hear most often as foster parents is “oh, I could never do that!” But they don’t hand […]
July 9, 201997 July 9, 2019Who Else Is Waiting For Fostering to Get Easier?So often when we talk about “the system,” we don’t have good things to say. We call it broken and failing and maybe we’ve even called […]
July 7, 201984 July 7, 2019Debunking the Myths of Children that Come Into CareThe foster care system can seem like a mystery from the outside. There are a lot of myths about who the children in foster care are […]
July 3, 201919 July 3, 2019The Truth About Being a Full-Time Working Foster Parent and Overcoming the ChallengesFor as long as I can remember, I dreamed of having a career I was passionate about. I envisioned myself in a sleek pencil skirt in […]