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Posted on September 26, 2016August 5, 2019

Coping Skills

We've seen it a million times: Children who are sad, scared, and anxious act angry and destructive because they simply don't know what else to…

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Posted on August 4, 2016August 5, 2019

Foster Care is a Family

That title might seem obvious. The point of foster care is to provide a family for a child who needs one. That is true, but…

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Posted on July 28, 2016August 5, 2019

Foster Care is Fun. 

Yes! Foster care is fun! We write a lot about the weight that it carries. But looking at our day-to-day life, fostering can be so…

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Posted on July 21, 2016August 5, 2019

Foster Care is Hope

Unleash Your kingdoms power Reaching the near and far No force of Hell can stop Your beauty changing hearts You made us for much more…

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Posted on July 14, 2016August 5, 2019

Foster Care is Messy

How He Loves is one of my favorite worship songs. I love the imagery of "Love's like a hurricane I am a tree" and "If…

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Posted on May 15, 2016March 8, 2018

I Will Follow

It's pretty simple really: If you love Jesus and strive to be like him, you should be be doing something to help children in need.…

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Posted on May 10, 2016August 5, 2019

You Can Do It Too 

There are many aspects of working with foster kids that stretch us, encourage us, overwhelm us, and stress us out. Many people have told us…

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Posted on April 22, 2016August 5, 2019

Foster Care is hard

For anyone involved in the foster care world, that title is an understatement. There are many parts of foster care that could win the title…

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Posted on January 24, 2016

First Birthday!

Our little blog is turning 1! Heidi made the first post one year ago and we could not be happier with the response we have…

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Posted on December 31, 2015May 15, 2018

An Attempt 

It's been a while since I've written out my thoughts. Jonathon has done such a great job of putting his emotions on our blog, so…

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