Sometimes, it just feels easier to avoid the mess of foster care. It feels more comfortable not to pursue communication with biological parents. It feels easier to keep everyone else on the team at an…
Becky NelsonSeptember 28, 2020
Foster care is full of good and hard, ups and downs, joys and sorrows. It's a place where you hold more than one emotion at a time, and often those feelings and emotions oppose one…
Jillian KellenbergerSeptember 17, 2020
Teens. It's often one of the big scary words in the foster care world, so the fact that you're here reading this means a lot! It means you're open and willing to learning more.
Jillian KellenbergerSeptember 10, 2020
Two hearts moving towards the same end goal at the same speed isn't always the way it works itself out in marriage. God has wired each of us differently, and there is beauty in that.…
Jami KaebSeptember 7, 2020
I think about all of the times where I’m struggling to believe something good about myself, and the moment that someone else validates for me that they are with me and that I have value…
Jillian KellenbergerSeptember 3, 2020
For those of us that have interactions with agency workers, we have an important role to play. We cannot be another “challenging” part of their day. We need to be encouraging, full of hope, and…
Jillian KellenbergerAugust 27, 2020
Today, we are going to hear injustice, we are going to hear hope, and we are going to leave with an even better understanding of how to help others like Bianca. I need you to…
Jami KaebAugust 24, 2020
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
Today, I don’t like foster care. I don’t like seeing the faults of the system. It was never the final or complete solution meant to overcome abuse and neglect, but it’s what we have to…
Jillian KellenbergerAugust 17, 2020
