Category: Foster Care

What is the reality of foster care?

young girl

I can only really give you the perspective of a foster parent, and my view of the experience. My experience has been almost exclusively with young children who would struggle to put a few sentences together. So, I can not tell you what their thoughts were, but I can tell you my view of what…Read more

Merry Christmas – Sorta…

Are you a “countdown to next Christmas 364 days out” sorta person, or more of Bah Hum Bug, “its over, now leave me alone for a year” kind?  Most of us fall somewhere on that continuum. But there are a few of us who are on a whole different plane. Some of us are dealing…Read more

What does foster care pay?

I have been asked many times, “How much does foster care pay to the foster parents that take care of all of the kids in state care?” And my favorite follow up question is always “They pay you pretty good for that, don’t they?” My wife and I were unaware that there was money involved…Read more

Why Foster Care?

One of the things I remember the most from the first time we talked about getting our fostering license is the questions we were asked. People can be fairly blunt with their curiosity. The most common sentiment can be boiled down to the question: Why? What kind of legacy are you building today, and more…Read more