Posts by A Home Within
The Loving Place for Children That Assumes Beauty
The Loving Place for Children That Assumes Beauty By David Brooks COMO, Italy — Some of the people who do the most good have a willingness to be radically changed. They are sensitive to the problems around them, which a lot of us are, but they are also willing to transform their lives to address them,…
Read MoreSUPERMAN was adopted too…whats your SUPER POWER?
November 8, 2016 When we started this journey, I had no idea what was in store for us. We knew we wanted to add to our family and Foster Care provided us that ability. What we didn’t realize was that the children coming into our home needed us as much or more than we needed/desired…
Read MoreA mother’s love and happiness she hopes her baby still has
October 24, 2016 I am the biological mother of a soon to be 3-year-old boy. He was the very best baby anyone could ever hope for. He never cried, he was always happy and he was very alert and really really smart. I look at my only memories I have of him and can only hope…
Read MoreMy Niece Taken
October 18, 2016 My brother had his daughter taken and placed into foster care. I went through the process to try to get custody or adopt my niece. She had been in a foster home two weeks after she was born. My husband and I passed background checks and we visited her as often as we…
Read MoreThe Home In Me
September 26, 2016 Reflecting back on it it doesn’t sting as much. That’s until I look into my eyes and realize I was 12 and I had seen that much. It’s obscene how much my childhood was me being hushed, by the pressure of being the eldest, trying to convey being that tough. But that…
Read MoreFostercare is a Place- Poem
September 6, 2016 COMMENTS Katja Davis on September 6, 2016 This is so lovely, Felicia. Thank you for sharing your powerful and inspirational words. DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? Originally posted at www.fosteringrelationships.com a project by A Home Within
Read MoreStriving for Perfection
August 29, 2016 Post by: Robyn, age 17 (2004) I’m staring at the person in the mirror Thinking does anyone really see her, all the ugly, disgusting, unattractive fat Wishing to be clean, thin and flat. Every day I go without putting the enemy in me, Wishing staff, RN’s, kids, Dr.’s would leave me be,…
Read MoreFrom Service to Passion My love story with young women in foster care
August 23, 2016 In 1990 I became a foster parent to teens in care and teens with babies for 10 years. It was my time with these young ladies that developed my passion for developing better programs for youth in foster care who are not reunited with birth families. The young ladies that I had…
Read MoreLetting Go
August 22, 2016 I know what movies tell us, that love is this wonderfully messy thing that makes big bucks on the big screen. Oh, and the hero always gets the girl in the end. That hands are meant to be held as you walk down the beach as the sun sets. That lips are…
Read MoreFoster mothers of the human race.
August 18, 2016 COMMENTS No comments yet. DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT? Originally posted at www.fosteringrelationships.com a project by A Home Within
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