19 Oct, 2016

I Want to Foster, but I Can’t Right Now: Four Ways to Help Abused Children in Collin County When You Can’t Become a Foster Parent (Yet)

waiting to foster

When my husband and I tell people that we are foster parents, we are always delighted by how many people respond that they’ve considered fostering too! Usually, the families that tell us this are waiting for the right time to start– they’re waiting for all their youngest to ditch...

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08 Oct, 2016

Have you Ever Thought about Fostering?

have you ever thought about fostering?

It’s a Monday night at 8 pm, and that heart wrenching email subject line pops up in my inbox again: “Do you have openings?”   Two babies risk spending the night in a Plano office building unless CPS can miraculously find two open beds in a foster home.  Emails circulate...

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