Tag: foster care

When you think of foster care, what is your gut response? Maybe you’ve heard inspirational stories of kids beating “the system,” families who’ve fostered...

I get asked a lot about how people can help support foster parents. And I love that question because I truly believe that more...

This is a continuation of a three-part series answering common questions about foster care. Check out Part 1 and Part 2. I don’t feel called to...

This is a continuation of a three-part series answering common questions about foster care. Check out Part 1 and Part 3 too. How do you...

I gave people a chance to ask their honest questions about foster care on my Instagram stories with the promise of answering them in...

Over six years ago, my husband and I started our foster care and adoption journey. We had a spare room, big hearts, shiny rose-colored glasses, and...

Foster the Family DC is a local non-profit that launched this September to support local foster and adoptive families. They provide immediate, emergency support...

The Washington, DC area is full of amazing moms: working moms, stay-at-home moms, single moms, moms of multiples, foster moms, adoptive moms, etc. We...

May is National Foster Care Month. Now, with what's going on in the world currently, nothing is untouched from the Coronavirus pandemic ... and...

I will never forget the day we signed our adoption agreement. Sifting through the medical records the social worker handed me, I found a document...

My husband and I have been fostering in Fairfax County for three years. It’s one of the best and hardest jobs in the world....