March 31, 2020
Thoughts from One Family on Successfully Fostering Older Children One of the first things that you may consider as you think about opening up your home […]
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March 25, 2020
I need to stay connected with other people. As an extreme extrovert, it’s always been a huge part of who I am and how I function. […]
February 5, 2020
I look back at the life we lived before foster care and I almost don’t recognize it. I am so grateful for so many of the […]
January 22, 2020
I heard once that if the world were a village of 100 people that only 30 would have enough to eat, only one would have a […]
January 22, 2020
When we decided to jump into foster care, we jumped blindly. What I might say was a leap of faith was really more about us being […]
December 5, 2019
The stores are full. The cart is full. The wallet is empty. The holidays aren’t about the gifts. I know this. We all know this. But […]
November 26, 2019
I wanted to foster, but I was scared. Here’s what I did. The decision to foster is huge. And scary. And often slow. If you’re anything […]
November 14, 2019
My mom always told my sister and I that we were her dream job; she always dreamed of being a mom. From a young age she […]
September 27, 2019
I have been a mother to twelve beautiful children. I have loved them fiercely and fully. I have laughed as they learned to talk and their […]
September 18, 2019
I loved Jamie Sandefer’s keepsake book, Love You from Right Here, so much that I wanted to learn how she was inspired to write it. Below […]
August 7, 2019
When I first began fostering, I didn’t understand why other foster parents introduced themselves using their names and the number of kids who have lived with […]
August 7, 2019
A Commissioning for Local Foster Care, Adapted from Sarah Bessey‘s Commissioning Prayer Stand now, head up, you are loved, remember? You are loved, and you are […]