Category Archives: Foster Care
In our first week fostering we heard, “Guard your heart!” more than “Congratulations!” I could feel the tangible tension in the response of our friends and family. Foster care comes with so much loss and uncertainty that it almost feels wrong to celebrate our long awaited foster son joining our family. Truth be told, I…
When I got the text from our foster agency that read, “Check your email for a new CIPR,” I had just gotten back from my prayer walk. I had an unusual desire to cover extra ground this morning and I was tired, but decided the shower I was desperate for could wait. We had received…
When Pastor Jenny Donnelly asked me to share on the adoption panel for this year’s Her Voice Conference I felt intimidation pulse through my body. Surely someone who has been a foster parent longer and had already walked through reunification would be a better fit, yet I couldn’t deny that I carried a message deep…
The first call I ever made inquiring about foster care was 4 minutes and 44 seconds. I noticed the numbers as I hung up. Immediately I heard the Lord say, “Isaiah 44:4.” “Thus says the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant;…
For my birthday I had one request for my family: take me to the seashore! I also had a birthday request for God, but he knew my desire without me asking again. I had been like a persistent child, asking for years. I could sense the Lord’s smile when I thought about babies coming into…
