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April 15, 2020
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April 15, 2020

What to Expect When You’re Expecting (And Fostering!)

My husband, Zach, and I began the process to become foster parents when our oldest son was only nine months old. We had been talking about […]
April 15, 2020
February 10, 2020
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February 10, 2020

No One Is An Island: The Power of Community Support for A Single Foster Mom

Not Everyone Can Foster, But Everyone Can Do Something Finding or creating a community of support looks different for every foster family based on your needs […]
February 10, 2020
February 5, 2020
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February 5, 2020

How Foster Care Created Our Community

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 […]
February 5, 2020
December 9, 2019
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December 9, 2019

No One Deserves to Be Forgotten: A Teen’s Journey from Foster Care to Independence

No one wants to be forgotten. No one wants to be left behind. Katie once struggled as a teen in foster care to see her potential. […]
December 9, 2019
August 26, 2019
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August 26, 2019

When Your Spouse Wants to Foster

Navigating the Challenges of Marriage as Foster and Adoptive Parents Parenting is a lot of work- adoptive and foster parenting is A LOT of work. How […]
August 26, 2019
July 23, 2019
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July 23, 2019

What Makes a Great Foster Parent

Super 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 23, 2019
April 25, 2017
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April 25, 2017

Aging Out of Foster Care in SC: An Interview with Michael VonCannon

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 25, 2017
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