Fostering and the Grocery Store: A Lesson in Being a Decent Human
There is something about being at the grocery store that triggers complete strangers to come up and ask awkward questions or make rude comments. If…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
Category: Fostering
You Know You’re a Foster Parent When…
You Know You’re a Foster Parent When You’re at the doctor’s office and stare blankly when asked for your child’s birth date. You’re pretty sure…
What My 3 Year Old Says about Fostering
I had a friend ask me once what my son thought about having a foster brother. We had accepted our first placement of a rambunctious,…
Why Foster? My Story
There are seeds planted in every person’s life that help shape them into the person they’ll become. I had very little exposure to the idea…
Why Foster? What the Bible Says
All throughout the Bible, there is a precedent to care for widows and orphans. The most well known verse on the topic would be James…
Why Foster? The Stats
There were over 400,000 children in the foster care system when the AFCARS collected their data in 2015. Each year that number has increased. The…
I Don’t Like My Foster Child
There is a stigma that foster parents must have feelings of undying love and warm fuzzies towards their foster children. That’s not always the case…
Should My Foster Children Call Me Mama?
I was very lucky to have an extended maternity leave with my son. My due date was in February, and my school offered to let…
Foster Care HAS Affected My Child
My biggest hurdle in taking the plunge to start foster care was the question of how it might impact my biological child. Would it be…
On Board with Birth Order
The idea of birth order is that you only foster or adopt children that are younger than your biological children. It mirrors how biological children…
