Caroline Bailey is from Southwest Missouri. She has worked in child welfare for 18 years. She runs the blog barrentoblessed.com and Facebook Page or Instagram with the same name – barren to blessed. She and her husband fostered for 4 years and adopted 2 children from care.
They are that rare family that ended up adopting the only 2 kids placed with them! They also did respite a few times but decided to close their license after the adoption of their daughter. She also writes for adoption. com and has been featured on various blogs and websites.
In this episode, we explore her journey through foster care, adoption, and barrenness that began with an emergency hysterectomy at age 11 due to an appendectomy years earlier.
Her family has grown in an untraditional way that she would have never expected.
Today, after working in child welfare she has impacted hundreds of lives through her work which has led to a passion.
Her personal struggle has given her the ability to help others walk gracefully through their own!