Tag: foster care
Opening the Door to a Foster Child
The Day We Met
I will never forget the day. It will forever be etched in my memory.
It was another sweltering July day in Florida,...
National Foster Care Month: Supporting Foster Families in Pensacola
National Foster Care Month
In Northwest Florida, there are nearly 600 children in foster care and over 407,000 children and youth in foster care within...
This Was Not Our Plan, but It’s GRAND!
“Look at my new tattoo!”
This was the text message I sent to my sisters and niece. I had just gotten a heart tattoo with...
The Day I Lost It in Walmart
There I was, standing in a long line at the Walmart pharmacy with a prescription for $1,000 worth of fertility drugs. I remember it...
Nonprofit Spotlight: My Father’s Arrows
Living local my entire life has given me the opportunities to meet and work with amazing people. A few years back, I had the...
Celebrating National Adoption Month
In 2011 and 2016, my husband, Marc, and I adopted our now 9 and 5-year-old sons. We spent ten years and over $30,000 on...