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Foster care makes all the difference in the life of a young child that's been neglected or rescued from harm's way.
On Becoming a Little Mommy
I love babies but I can’t stand kids” That was my mother explaining why she was signing our family up to take in foster babies. Daddy didn’t question it. Anything that brought in even a little more money was welcome. He fixed cars at the local Ford dealership and in the summer would go back out after supper to paint houses. For awhile there, before it beat him up too badly, he was also doing second shift work as a dispatcher for a trucking company.
By Remington Write6 years ago in Families
Mi Casa Con Las Cortinas Rojas
This story is real, painful and a way to close old wounds. My name is Coral and this is my story. The background of a person and how they were brought up in life reflect a lot on what they will end up becoming in their future. In my story, those circumstances are terrifyingly different. My mother’s upbringing was a result of an absent yet strict mother and a musician father; not to mention her sister and two brothers. In her youth, my mother was a rebel in the eyes of her mother, but extremely talented in mine.
By Coral Sanchez6 years ago in Families
No choice in the Matter
chapter 2 So, here I am once again back in foster care. Now back then I was a child, I couldn’t comprehend exactly what was going on. I had social workers, officers, therapists, judges etc... all these different people questioning me and theorizing my situation. To be that young and not knowing the depths of my own circumstances made me guarded and mad. The child that the Johnsons once knew and cared for was no more. I came back changed, I was hurt, scared and confused. I would soon be labeled a problem child. By the time I went back to them, I was not that sweet little girl they once knew who they had cared for about a 1 1/2 years ago. I came back with bigger problems. I would create havoc every chance I had. Looking back I wasn’t the best child, I was difficult. I was either a fighter or a runner.
By Tywonda Petty6 years ago in Families
Failure. Top Story - August 2019.
I had failed, that’s all I could think. I was a failure as a parent, a foster parent and a decent human being. In training, they all but said that if we disrupted it was all our fault because we weren’t trying hard enough. (Disrupted means asking a child to be removed from your home before they are reunified, sent to live with relatives, or moved to their forever home). I had tried so hard, but I just couldn’t take it anymore and this child and our family was suffering because of it.
By Rebecca Bailey7 years ago in Families
Attached. Top Story - July 2019.
“I couldn’t be a Foster Parent, I worry I would get attached.” Foster parents hear this a lot, I mean A LOT. At least once a week, almost this exact phrase. We smile and nod, or just shrug our shoulders, because what can we say? It’s true, you do get attached. You love them, and when they go home, or to their forever family, your heart breaks and bleeds a little. It’s painful and hard.
By Rebecca Bailey7 years ago in Families
Laughter, Tears and Love
My sweetheart came into my home at 16 months old. In the time she has been with us, I have laughed more than I had in a long time. She is sunny, and funny, and goofy! She is also able to get into anything and everything! She has found things in our home we didn’t even remember we owned.
By Rebecca Bailey7 years ago in Families
Finding Faith
Foster care. It’s a difficult situation. If you haven’t been there yourself, you have no idea what it’s like to be thrown around from home to home and to feel not wanted. The loneliness and loss of hope that fills your soul is so overwhelming no child should ever bear it. Yet there are more than 438,000 children who do so every single day.
By Janice Page7 years ago in Families
An Introduction to Bri
Hey there strangers! Well, I probably know most of you because you probably opened up my Facebook link to this article, but I’m sure there are a few new readers in the crowd! Before I dive in, I just want to say thank you for taking time to read this, it means a lot! Okay, so let’s get on with it.
By Brianna Westover7 years ago in Families
What Children in Foster Care Want
On average, there are approximately 420,000 children in foster care each day. Some are in temporary placements, while others are long-term. Children in care are as young as newborns and as old as 21 years of age. As a former adoption worker, in preparing children for adoption, I spoke with them about their family, desires, dreams, and expectations.
By Clara Harrison8 years ago in Families
Her Life
Everyone has seen those movies where you have a picture-perfect family. Well, that's how Miharu's family started out. The father was happy, she had an older brother, mom was happy, everything was joyful and outgoing. Until her mom started leaving more and more. Her dad started to drink because he was depressed that the mother kept leaving. Her brother was always quiet. Soon her mom stopped coming back, her father started to get abusive and drunk, and her brother ran away leaving her with a monster.
By Tiffany Maultsby8 years ago in Families
