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Foster care is a war zone for these kids. And even with all the endless resources and education available to me to help them, most days I just feel like we are all failing them, and all I can say is “I’m sorry I’m not equipped to make everything right...
Learn why #EndTheTrashBag is so important to Foster Parents, Foster Kids and Foster Families.
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...
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....
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...
