“There’s a massive issue with food wastage in our society, but our children not eating all of the grapes isn’t going to contribute to that.”
- Love What Matters
- Family
“There’s a massive issue with food wastage in our society, but our children not eating all of the grapes isn’t going to contribute to that.”
“After 13 years of marriage, 9 years of infertility, 3 years of fostering to adopt, and over a dozen caseworkers later, I humbly can say our waiting adventure is finally over!”
“But that doesn’t mean we stop fighting for it. Love is not a feeling but an action. A decision to put another person above ourselves.”
“Your kids love you. You’re doing the best you can and that is ENOUGH.”
“Supporting a biological parent looks nothing like I thought, nothing like the class PowerPoint described. It’s better and worse, and WAY harder, but so much more rewarding than I ever imagined.”
“Most states are desperately in need of safe and loving foster homes. Even if adjustments need to be made, it’s so worth it to be able to positively impact the life of a child forever.”
“I thought by now my life would be normal again, I would be healed, everything would be okay… but that’s just not how grief works.”
“I shouldn’t be alive today, but I here I am. Happy, joyous, free, and thriving. I am living proof that recovery is possible.”
“In kinship care, there is no one enforcing boundaries. No financial support. No classes to equip for trauma responses, connected parenting, and other atypical needs common to kids in care. I understand the weight of this because it’s part of my story.”
“This is a big ask… it’s a piece of furniture! But it will improve my little one’s life if I can sit and rock her after intense, awful chemo and radiation treatments. Without hesitation, she said she’d have one for me the very next day.”