My husband and I were foster parents for a little over three years. Our family was built through adoption. It is because of our experiences that I remain incredibly passionate about advocating for foster children and the families that care for them. As long as there are foster children in our country, I will continue…
Read moreSix Things I Learned as a Foster Parent
We gave our notice about a month ago and are no longer licensed foster parents. While our journey around foster care and adoption is not over, it is taking a different path. I am certainly not an expert and I don’t have any easy answers. I do hope that some of our experiences in fostering…
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Things No One Tells You About Becoming a Foster Parent
The things no one tells you about becoming a foster parent: •You will cry. You will cry when you hear their stories. You will cry when you can’t comfort them. You will cry when you see them in pain. You will cry when you learn where their parents came from and how different your story…
Read moreA tale about trauma
We have almost been licensed foster parents for three years. Eight long term placements have been through our home and a ton more respite and shorter term kids have been through as well. The ages we have welcomed home for any length have been aged newborn-13 years old. Most, if not all, have come from…
Read moreThoughts with Koko-1/5/2021
On the morning of January 6th, 2019, I was a parent to three children. Going to bed that night, we had one child in our home. I still can’t….won’t….discuss the full events. It is still so painful and hard to think about. We believed that would be our family. We had two beautiful girls and…
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