Holly Gnuse, Author at The Forgotten Initiative

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Meet Emily

Emily Smithhart is passionate about connecting churches and agencies in this work of foster care ministry. Emily was first introduced to foster care as a teen when she would babysit for a family that fostered.…

Holly GnuseOctober 29, 2021

Cobb County, GA

Meet Tess

Tess Dykstra exudes love for Jesus and people. Those closest to her know her for her honesty, hospitality, grace, and forgiveness. She is the real deal—someone who is continually seeking ways to learn and grow.…

Holly GnuseOctober 26, 2021

Aiken County, SC

Meet Tod and Gretchen

Meet our newest TFI Advocates! Tod and Gretchen Sawyer were drawn to foster care more than ten years ago. They opened their home as a foster family, and over the span of 10 years, they…

Holly GnuseOctober 26, 2021

Blog

From a Confused Foster Parent

We’ve passed the two-year mark in our foster care case: two years of navigating goal changes and uncertainty. As foster parents, we’ve attached, released, prepared to say goodbye, and stayed when goodbye didn’t come. We…

Holly GnuseJuly 19, 2021

Blog

How to Choose a Foster Care Agency

Whether you’re boldly running forward or you’re bravely ready to learn more, choosing an agency is your next step. But, how do you choose a foster care agency?

Holly GnuseMarch 1, 2021

Blog

4 Lessons for Every Foster Parent

The learning curve in knowing what to do and say as a foster parent feels steep sometimes. As children in your care are trying to make sense of all that is happening around them, and…

Holly GnuseNovember 5, 2020

Blog

Letting Go When You’re Attached

I suppose there is this moment in every parent’s journey. We know it’s coming at the start. The number of days that your child will grow within the walls of your home is limited. There…

Holly GnuseOctober 15, 2020

Blog

Reunification & Longing for Change

We’re on the cusp of reunification. Here, as we near the end, this isn’t what I thought it would be like. I wanted to feel secure in knowing that the same patterns would not repeat…

Holly GnuseOctober 1, 2020

Blog

5 Ways to Make Visit Days Great

Visit days are the worst. And visit days are, arguably, one of the most important days for our children. It's paradoxical—much like the rest of foster care—holding two strong emotions in the same breath. If…

Holly GnuseAugust 20, 2020

Blog

An Amazing Truth to Combat This Foster Care Lie

There is a way back to the joy and eagerness, and we have a God who has shown us how. We can fight against the enemy and against our sin. We can stand on the…

Holly GnuseAugust 6, 2020

Holly Gnuse

Meet Emily

Meet Tess

Meet Tod and Gretchen

From a Confused Foster Parent

How to Choose a Foster Care Agency

4 Lessons for Every Foster Parent

Letting Go When You’re Attached

Reunification & Longing for Change

5 Ways to Make Visit Days Great

An Amazing Truth to Combat This Foster Care Lie

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