Unable to verbalize all they felt at that moment, they cried. They knew leaving the agency car meant they weren’t going back to be with Mom today. A 40-minute drive back to our home—not their…
There are a lot of scary feelings surrounding jumping into foster care. But while we can't always control our circumstances or remove the unknown from the future, that doesn't mean we can't shift our perspective.
Sometimes movies just hit different when you’re connected to the foster care community, don’t they? Whether the movie is actually about foster care or not, sometimes the themes pull at your heart in a unique…
Our words are powerful indicators of our hearts. And they hold power to impact others beyond what we might realize. They can bring encouragement or devastation, depending on how you use them.
You're a reader, but how are you supposed to figure out which books can give you the encouragement, insight, and help that you need on your foster care journey? At TFI, we get all kinds…
We love reading in our house—from growing imagination and concentration to building vocabulary and emotional empathy; books introduce our littles and bigs to so much! Particularly as a fostering family, books have helped us walk…
Trent Taylor’s earliest memories are filled with abuse and extreme neglect. These circumstances led to entering foster care at the age of four where he would remain until he was nine years old.
You can’t enter the world of foster care and not be changed by it. It affects so many areas of everyday life, including how you parent. Being foster parents, we quickly realized we would need…
Saying goodbye to the child you've been caring for is one of the most heart-wrenching times as a foster parent. Every foster parent knows to prepare for this time, but that doesn't make the reality…