Hello everyone We have been working on developing a plan for Christmas and as promised, we are updating you all on our tentative plan for...

By Lester Wills Those who have read my previous posts to this forum will know that while the ride has been like a rollercoaster, it has...

By Mindy Wheeler Hello, my name is Mindy and my husband, Phil, and I have been foster parents for about 4 years now. We have always...

By Emma Ville We always knew we wanted to foster. When we talked about it initially we envisaged cute little toddlers who needed love and...

By Eleanor Delewski The day has arrived, you have new little (or big) one's in your home and now it is time to meet their family. ...

By Megan Kreider and Eleanor Delewski When you start the foster or adoptive process one of the first questions you will be asked is "Are...

By Eleanor Delewski Recently a co-worker announced that she and her husband her expecting … they didn't know when the baby was due, or if...

By Eleanor Delewski Being a foster parent guarantees you are going to have to face some hard talks with your kids. There are many times I...

When we first started the process of becoming foster parents I rapidly realized that I was walking into a giant unknown - I was a new...

By Jodie Whitcombe This 'letter' was written to my foster son. It was a letter just for me, I never sent it or read it to him as he was...

By Lester Wills Back in 2009 I was a new immigrant to the US. I was living with my daughter and son-in-law as I got on my feet in my new...

By Eleanor Delewski We all know it takes a village to raise a child, when you are a foster parent this holds even more true. I hear often...

By Lester Wills I became a “Foster Grandpa” is 2009. Ten years later I have been the proud “Foster Grandpa” of five children, two of...

By Eleanor Delewski When we were sitting in our first foster training class the presenter told us we would have to employ the oxygen mask...

By Jodie Whitcombe Fostering brings to light ugliness and brokenness. The stories and situations that come with each child can feel so...

By Lyndsay Gardner Growing up in a fairly traditional home, I’m happy to admit that I had naïve views of other families, even those...

By Karen Broadhurst Life is so unpredictable. A roller coaster of moments where you’re soaring into the sky, being thrashed around the...

The following is adapted from the eulogy that my husband and I read at Richie's service: Richie sometimes expressed the fear that he had...

By Eleanor Delewski We had just completed our foster parent training classes. The home inspection was done and we were licensed and...

By Chelsea Morgan Have you ever heard of kinship fostering? It is not as common as one would think – but it’s where our fostering story...