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How Foster Parenting Changed Me

How Foster Parenting Changed Me

It is easy to be absorbed by the negativity that surrounds foster care and foster parenting.  Ask me about any facet of foster care and I can quickly give you a response about how hard, challenging, and terrible it is.  It is much more difficult to view foster care from a positive perspective and I often find myself wondering if anyone would choose to become a foster parent based on what I have told them.  I can’t say that I…

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Foster Kids Shouldn’t Be “Plan B”

Foster Kids Shouldn’t Be “Plan B”

We chose foster care.  Foster care wasn’t our “Plan B”, it was our “Plan A”.  When my husband and I discussed having a family, we agreed that the way we were going to build our family was not going to be typical or traditional.  I enjoy telling people I have six kids even though only one lives in my house.  The awkward laughs are what motivate me some days. Do I fault those who do sign up for foster care…

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