{"id":1887,"date":"2021-06-21T17:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2021-06-21T17:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T23:49:30","slug":"from-a-foster-kid-to-a-helping-hero-with-patty-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/21\/from-a-foster-kid-to-a-helping-hero-with-patty-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"From a Foster Kid to a Helping Hero with Patty Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/patty-Waters-1500.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Foster Kid to a Helping Hero\" class=\"wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/patty-Waters-1500.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/patty-Waters-1500.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/patty-Waters-1500.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/patty-Waters-1500.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/patty-Waters-1500.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19476599\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/6BA342\/time-start\/00:00:00\/download\/no\/hide-show\/no\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was a former Foster youth and adopted with my 3 siblings at the age of 14. I would love to share our story and encourage current and former foster youth to dream big and share my insight on how my parents nurtured our growth and unique understanding of our personal life experiences and journey of being a foster kid and then being adopted. As we didn\u2019t want to be adopted but now we feel thankful that we were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patty Waters<\/p>\n\n\n<h2>Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Find All Our Links Here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:post-content --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fostercarenation\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/fostercarenation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Support Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/fostercare\"><strong>https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/fostercare<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/fostercarenation\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/fostercarenation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\">https:\/\/fostercarenation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with us on our Facebook Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/7timedad\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/7timedad<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect on Instagram<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fostercarenation\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fostercarenation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a former Foster youth and adopted with my 3 siblings at the age of 14. I would love to share our story and encourage current and former foster youth to dream big and share my insight on how my parents nurtured our growth and unique understanding of our personal life experiences and journey&#8230;<a class=\"read-more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/21\/from-a-foster-kid-to-a-helping-hero-with-patty-waters\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2240,"url":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/16\/a-memoir-of-courage-and-hope-with-carmen-maria-navarro\/","url_meta":{"origin":1887,"position":0},"title":"A Memoir of Courage and Hope with Carmen Maria Navarro","author":"Jason","date":"October 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Carmen Mar\u00eda is a stepmom of four, a biological mom of two, and a foster mom of a few children who she loves, sometimes at a distance. 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