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Marie’s Story

Jun 01, 2022

Over the last seven years, I have replayed foster care placement calls in my mind. They all go so differently but the feeling is the same. The middle-of-the-night call I woke to my husband’s phone buzzing at 3:50 a.m. He looked at the screen and said, “It’s Jeff. Do you...

Laura’s Story

Jun 01, 2022

I got married at 33. I started trying to have children at 35. When I realized it wasn’t in the cards for me to birth a child, I dove head first into community engagement. One of the places I enjoyed helping was The Safe Room – a division of DCS....

Katie’s Story

Jun 01, 2022

Being a foster parent has been the most rewarding and the most challenging role a parent could take on. With all the titles I carry, biological parent, foster parent, exchange student host/parent, military spouse, being a foster parent has provided me with a network of supportive community partners and friends...

Bethany’s Story

Jun 01, 2022

I knew that I wanted to adopt one day, but had little interest or knowledge of foster care. I heard the dramatized stories about the foster care system from tv and thought that it would be too difficult, especially as a single person. When I became a teacher, I loved...

Jen’s Story

May 31, 2022

Our family has been a volunteer foster care respite family for about 5 years. What was once unknown and unfamiliar to us, has now become something we consider very dear to our heart. The act of opening our home to children who have no place to go. While there’s been...

Lindsay’s Story

May 31, 2022

When we first started fostering we only knew one other foster family. We were nervous about what was in store for our family and apprehensive about if we could actually do it. Saying yes to a call from a teen mom and her newborn felt like the biggest leap of...

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