Eleven years ago, a three-year-old girl entered the author's life through the Safe Families for Children program. Initially planned to stay for two weeks, she became part of the family after they became licensed foster parents. The journey included challenges, joys, and ultimately adoption, leading to lasting love and gratitude.
Ten years ago, she came into our lives It was a Friday night around 6 pm. We had 12 hours to prepare. She was three years old and on the hip of the Safe Families for Children Director. Her blonde golden locks were tied up like a palm tree on top of her head, a… Continue reading He Turns Graves Into Gardens: Story of Foster Care and Adoption
Infertility and foster care: How do they combine? This is a question I often asked myself when I was trudging through the waters as a foster parent, and even more so now that we have adopted. It's a clash of both worlds that have been hard to navigate and feel my way through. Together, both… Continue reading Infertility and Foster Care: The Clash of Both Worlds
...Because while foster care was hard, and open adoption isn’t easy; when you have the mindset that the child is not yours, or even hers, but rather His, it makes it okay. And it somehow works."
Baby Girl, Today is the day many refer to as "Gotcha Day." It's not really my favorite phrase., but it is the day that four years ago, on a Friday at 6 pm, our lives unknowingly and unexpectedly changed forever when God began to write a new chapter in each of our stories through the… Continue reading Dear Baby Girl: It’s “Gotcha Day”
