Foster Care & Adoption - Becoming a parent for kids who need a home

Once upon a time, there was a 30-something couple who wanted to adopt. They believed firmly in Jesus and the concept that “Love conquers all.”

Not everyone can foster a child. But everyone can support foster families in one way or another. Today we’ll talk about the top five ways to supp

My husband and I sat in a long (sometimes boring) foster parent training class. We listened to speakers discuss the minimum standards for foster pa

Helping My Child Cope Through Trauma It was the perfect day, the kind of day you would want for a birthday party. The smell of fresh flowers filter

I tend to refer to the various certifications and licensing requirements and agency designations to be a foster/adoptive family as alphabet soup: C

No Names to Be Given, Julia Brewer Daily Adoptees are told from an early age: we are chosen. During the first years of our lives, we feel safe, lov

Have you ever wondered what happens to the kids who are in the system until they age out at 18? Has it ever occurred to you that those kids don’t

Adoptees and Mother’s Day I remember as a young child that during the first day of school, I would proudly declare that I had two families becaus

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” The teacher asked. All at once shouts began to ring out in the classroom accompanied by wiggling bod

Adoption, while a beautiful way to make a family, can be difficult for kids to understand. I will always remember my friend’s story about a discu