If you'd have asked me at any point over the past four months about the worth of my foster daughter's biological mother, I would have told you that she is loved beyond reason, valued, prayed for, worthy, and forgiven. Without a shadow of a...
When Your Foster Child Becomes Your Kid
I did not birth my foster daughter. I have not spent the last ten years with my foster daughter. I don't know what she looked like as a baby. I don't know her medical history or her aunts and uncles names or her blood...
The Thief That Is a Foster Parent
I was joking with a friend tonight about how I never wanted to have another baby. I said, "No more babies will come from this uterus!" And the thought popped into my mind that I might as well have added, "I'm only willing to...
The Fear That Your Foster Child Lose All The Progress They’ve Made
Every foster child comes into the system with a set of baggage. There's a reason they're in care—whether that be neglect, death, homelessness, abuse, or drug use by the parents—and that baggage effects nearly every aspect of their lives. It changes their mental health,...
The “Perfect” Foster Parent
Someone recently commented on a Facebook post of mine and said, “You’re basically the perfect foster parent, but I’d like to read a blog about those foster parents who aren’t really well-suited for the job, or those people who want to be foster parents...
