{"id":1957,"date":"2021-09-26T08:33:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T14:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2021-09-26T08:33:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T14:33:57","slug":"building-relationships-thru-noble-goals-with-darius-kimberling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/26\/building-relationships-thru-noble-goals-with-darius-kimberling\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Relationships Thru Noble Goals with Darius Kimberling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/20601467\/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<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\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fostercarenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Darius-Kimberling-1500-1.png?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Darius Kimberling is a former foster youth (FFY) and a current foster parent as well. He and his wife of 8 years are helping kids in more than one way. His goal is to connect with each kid that comes through his organization while they are building their own custom-made Noble Goal.\u00a0<br \/>You can find him on his FB page OOTW Creations (link below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OOTWCreations\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OOTWCreations\/<\/a><\/p>\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><strong>Foster Care 101<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/20\/foster-care-101-how-to-become-a-foster-parent\/\"> Free webinar with <strong>NO sales pitch!<\/strong><\/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>Darius Kimberling is a former foster youth (FFY) and a current foster parent as well. He and his wife of 8 years are helping kids in more than one way. His goal is to connect with each kid that comes through his organization while they are building their own custom-made Noble Goal.\u00a0You can find him&#8230;<a class=\"read-more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/26\/building-relationships-thru-noble-goals-with-darius-kimberling\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1958,"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-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2282,"url":"https:\/\/fostercarenation.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/12\/foster-and-adoptive-mom-angie-grandt\/","url_meta":{"origin":1957,"position":0},"title":"Foster and Adoptive Mom Angie Grandt","author":"Jason","date":"March 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I am a mom of 2 very different children \u2013 in regardto their biology, their needs, their attachment, theirexperiences. 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