“10 years, 9 kids, 1 grandson later, and I’m still fostering. This is not about me, my feelings, or my needs.”
My Quest To Change The Foster Care System
‘Mom, is Charlotte still dead?’: Mom shares life and loss of daughter with special needs
“The words felt like a knife to my heart. ‘Yes honey, she’s in heaven now.’ Lincoln got excited and asked, ‘Are we going to be the best sisters ever?’ I reassured her, fighting back tears, ‘Honey, you already are.'”
‘This year is our first Thanksgiving without you.’: Woman plans to honor late sister during the holidays
“Thanksgiving stuffing is one of life’s simplest gifts. Something I can count on and look forward to. Because every year, it will bring me back to you.”
‘These kids are my own, no matter how they came to me.’: Mom shares foster care journey, sibling adoption
“This roller coaster of foster care is the craziest, most unusual ride I’ve ever done. But I cannot imagine doing anything differently.”
‘She was fighting to stay alive, but couldn’t fight anymore.’: Mom details NICU life with twins, tragic loss of 15-day-old daughter
“It feels like life just didn’t exist before this. Who knew before I was even healed from my C-section incision, my husband and I would be going to a funeral home to discuss cremation options for our 2-week-old baby girl?”
Mom Of 3 Can’t Contain Joy After Surprise Baby With Down Syndrome In Mid-Forties
“It’s a privilege to love someone with Down syndrome. But to be loved BY someone with Down syndrome, now that is just pure magic.”
‘If you want them you need to move.’: Mom shares sudden adoption of foster siblings with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
“‘No one ever calls to check on foster kids. What do you want?’ Over the next couple of months, we moved quickly through so many decisions.”
‘I know I’ll always be second.’: Adoptive mom shares grief and loss behind kids’ international, foster care adoptions
“‘Mom, I know how she feels. She wants you but she doesn’t.’ He gently took her out of my arms, wrapped them both in a blanket, and walked out in the rain. I watched my son, who I fought to love for what felt like a lifetime, create a safe space, like I’d tried to do so many times for him.”
‘My family is one of brokenness, but it is a family all the same.’: Single mom shares adoption of 6 children from foster care
“‘There is no way I could do this with three kids.’ But there is so much loss in foster care and adoption and I felt strongly that losing a sibling was not something I ever wanted any part of, so within a few breaths, I said yes.”
How Youth Football Transformed My Son
“My quiet, insecure, timid son changed before my eyes.”