Virtual Visit Ideas
Most agencies have ceased in-person visits between foster children and their parents due to the threat of Covid-19. Some locations have lifted restrictions, but we’re…
Still Orphans
Faith and Foster Care
Category: Fostering
Foster Mattress Program
Still Orphans is excited to announce we are partnering with Mattress Firm to get the word out about a new mattress program for foster families! Mattress Firm…
Changes: Turn and Face the Strange
It’s the last day of April 2020, and we’ve been living in this strange sci-fi reality for weeks. New information on coronavirus is constantly changing. …
For the Moments I Feel Faint
Over the course of just a couple of weeks, all our lives have been upturned in the wake of COVID-19. Businesses and schools have closed,…
More Harm Than Good?
Sometimes I have to wonder if I’m doing right by my foster children. In the beginning, it was easy to see the progress. We were…
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance
Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. I am sharing an anonymous story from a woman who has experienced both loss and adoption. Here…
Pregnancy and Fostering
I’m super pregnant and fostering. Super pregnant as in 3rd trimester, more beached whale than human, crying over David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” as I’m suddenly…
National Foster Care Month
May is National Foster Care Month. This is a time to shed some light on fostering and to encourage others to get involved. We’ll touch…
Remembering Foster Children After They Go Home
Goodbye is always bittersweet in foster care. You’ve done your job- you provided a safe place until they were able to go home, but you…
Foster Parent’s Take on Abortion
Last week, on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, New York passed new legislation allowing late-term abortion and protecting access to abortions even if Roe…
