Aimee Cervantes shares her experience of being in group homes, foster care, orphanages, adoption, and also finding her biological brother as an adult.
Jami KaebDecember 4, 2023
Cordelia Cranshaw Skeete is a former foster youth, foster system advocate, coach, author, speaker, former Miss District of Columbia USA 2019, founder of Acts of Random Kindness (a nonprofit that provides resources to children and…
Jami KaebJune 5, 2023
Melissa Smallwood found herself in the foster care system as a teenager and, along with the trauma she had experienced, her foster care experience had a lasting impact on her life. She moved from being…
Jami KaebMay 29, 2023
Sarah Butler, TFI Advocate in Conecuh County, AL, didn’t imagine she would be able to be a foster parent. But after seeing another family foster, she saw it was possible and she and her husband…
Jami KaebMay 22, 2023
Just as much as a foster placement can bring up hard emotions for foster children, the same is true for biological children. However, there isn’t as strong of a focus on supporting the biological children…
Jami KaebMay 15, 2023
In today's episode, I have the opportunity to talk with Dairius Kawewahi. Dairius entered foster care due to the abuse he and his brother suffered from their biological father. Although Dairius was unaware that the…
Jami KaebMay 8, 2023
When we talk about breaking the cycle of trauma, there is no clearer example of this than in the life of DeAntwann “DJ” Johnson. DJ experienced a traumatic childhood, and as a result of his…
Jami KaebSeptember 26, 2022
Sean, a pastor in Peoria, AZ, had a tough childhood. His parents struggled with drug addiction, and he experienced homelessness, foster care, instability, and more. In the midst of all the difficulty, God had a…
Jami KaebSeptember 12, 2022
In this episode, I am joined by Kristen Lucero, a former foster child who is now a licensed foster parent. By the time she was adopted at age 5, she had already lived in three…
Jami KaebMay 23, 2022
