June 18, 202065 June 18, 2020The Day I Stopped Judging My Son’s Birth MomThe first time I met my son’s birth mother she scowled at me. And she was good at it. I was intimidated. This was my first […]
March 25, 202072 March 25, 2020Handling a Pandemic as a Foster Parent: I Just Left the Grocery Store in TearsI 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. […]
August 7, 201927 August 7, 2019A Letter to Foster Parents from a Mom After ReunificationI am a (bio) mom. I lost my kid to the foster care system. It was heartbreaking and terrible. Here’s what I want all foster parents […]
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 […]