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 been enjoyable and ve...

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 wanted to foster but it ...

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 a safe space – cert...

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. Whether you meet your fost...

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 you open to acceptin...

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 it was a baby, or i...

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 have struggled to f...

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 parent, a new foster pa...

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 far too young to hav...

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 country. At the tim...

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 “I would love to fo...

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 whom became my forever ...

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 theory. If there i...

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

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 living in the same town a...

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

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 not done enough – th...

By Eleanor Delewski We had just completed our foster parent training classes. The home inspection was done and we were licensed and waiting for ‘the call’. ...

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 begins. We know the b...

By Jodie Whitcombe Thank you for what you are doing! I don’t know you… but I do. You want to make a difference in the world. You love children. You have big ...