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…
I know how you feel. My husband and I have been married for ten years and we have no biological children. We hosted a high school international student for two years, had two foster sons for approximately three years, and are now fostering our second set of boys. I wouldn’t trade those five years with our “kids” for anything in the world. It was Mother’s Day of 2017 – my first Mother’s Day with our foster sons. Although we had…
