“There is a bittersweet pain in wanting to give you both one-hundred percent of me, all the while knowing it is an impossibility.”

- Love What Matters
- Children
“There is a bittersweet pain in wanting to give you both one-hundred percent of me, all the while knowing it is an impossibility.”
“Just reach out your hand and tell them, ‘You’ll be alright.’”
“I know I don’t fit society’s standards of what a mom is ‘supposed’ to look like, but believe me, it doesn’t affect my ability to parent my child.”
“I don’t know what my path in foster care looks like a year from now, but I know my door will be open to a child in need.”
“When you’ve always been represented, you’ve always been able to see yourself in your dreams. It’s time for others to be able to see themselves, too.”
“I hope she knows she can come to me with anything, any time. I hope she knows I will cheer for her in any place in life.”
“After 13 years of marriage, 9 years of infertility, 3 years of fostering to adopt, and over a dozen caseworkers later, I humbly can say our waiting adventure is finally over!”
“But that doesn’t mean we stop fighting for it. Love is not a feeling but an action. A decision to put another person above ourselves.”
“Your kids love you. You’re doing the best you can and that is ENOUGH.”
“In kinship care, there is no one enforcing boundaries. No financial support. No classes to equip for trauma responses, connected parenting, and other atypical needs common to kids in care. I understand the weight of this because it’s part of my story.”