A Love Letter to Our Biological Mother
Photo credit: Jeremy Brooks via photopin cc Read more blogs like this by Katie at Operation: Leap of Faith, where this letter was originally posted. Dear B, It’s Mother’s Day. And this…
Read More ›Lessons Learned from Starting a Foster Care Ministry
It started as a feeling that just wouldn't go away. A nagging, heart-worry burden. Something that resided in the back of our heads and hearts – a small, smoldering burn – and…
Read More ›The Night My Foster Son Finally Woke Me Up
Photo credit: The Full Moon of Glen Ellyn via photopin (license) I was somewhere in between that deep sleep of the deprived and the alert sleep of the maternal. I lay there…
Read More ›5 Ways to Bless the Heart of Your Foster Mom Friend
I distinctly recall the first time someone “blessed my heart.” You know the type: the staged whisper [southern accent optional], big smile and—this is key—behind your back. I was standing in the…
Read More ›I Can’t Convince Anyone to be a Foster Parent
Photo credit: Forever Found (51 of 52) via photopin (license) A few years ago, we were scheduled to go onstage at church and talk about our experience as foster parents. We were only three months into…
Read More ›This is What Happens in Foster Care
Photo credit: Dairy in the sky via photopin (license) It took me awhile before I could walk past the dairy section of the grocery store without having flashbacks. In my memory, the song always came on…
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