If Foster Care is Hard, You’re Probably Doing it Right
I remember the moment. The four of us were all sitting on the kitchen counters eating cereal at ten p.m.…
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I remember the moment. The four of us were all sitting on the kitchen counters eating cereal at ten p.m.…
Continue ReadingIn my family, foster care is normal. My kids have grown up in a home where caseworkers are their friends,…
Continue ReadingDear parents of foster parents, I remember when I called my mom and told her I was now raising seven…
Continue ReadingOur great adventure into adoption began about 18 years ago when we first contacted the Nebraska Children’s Home Society for…
Continue ReadingThe first children who depended on me to care for them were teenage boys. As a housemom to 6 boys…
Continue ReadingThis summer our local movie theatre had a morning movie series for kids. I took a couple of my kids…
Continue ReadingWhen I talk to people about foster care I get a lot of responses. People are always telling me why…
Continue ReadingAs a culture, we place an almost magical value on the words "I love you." They are words that should…
Continue ReadingI'm fighting a battle today to save my child's life. Eleven years ago my son came into our family.…
Continue ReadingDear Foster Dads, I can't tell you how many women I talk to who tell me some variation of "I…
Continue ReadingBy the time I was a freshman in high school, I had 17 brothers and sisters. We all shared a…
Continue ReadingWhen my husband and I decided to adopt, we knew we were becoming a transracial family. During the lengthy wait…
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