Foster2Forever – Adoption of Children From Foster Care Support Stories

Can You Prevent Child Sexual Abuse?

Last summer, I opened up and shared about being sexually molested as a preschooler. I honestly do not know how my parents could have prevented it, which makes the incident even scarier for me as a parent. The Scary Statistics of Sexual Abuse: Experts estimate that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys [...]

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I Am a Cancer Survivor – Sponsored Video

Health

Although this post is sponsored by American Cancer Society, it is my true story of cancer… I lost my dad to cancer over 25 years ago. Much like my foster kids, I will never recover from that traumatic loss of a parent. Cancer traumatized me as a young college student when my dad was suddenly [...]

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From Empty Womb to Full House

Adoption

“How long have you been off birth control?” the doctor asked at my annual checkup. “Two and a half years,” I responded. “Let’s run a few tests on you and your husband to see what is going on, okay?” Blood tests, MRI, ultrasounds, urologist referral, surgery for the husband and at the end, there was [...]

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Join the Movement to Become a Foster Parent

Infertility

INFERTILITY Doubt. For me, doubt is an overwhelming emotion that leads to incurable guilt. My journey through infertility created incredible doubt about my life decisions. Doubt about my decisions to focus on my career and delay marriage until age 40. Doubt about my decisions of waiting after marriage to begin a family. Doubt about my [...]

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When a Mom’s Infertility Brings Her a Son

Foster Care

My Story: I was the single mother to two girls before I met my husband. The girls’ and I had been on our own with no emotional or financial support. It was tough. After meeting and falling in love with Ross, we were married and I wanted to have another child………oh, how I prayed for [...]

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Infertile Is Just a Word

Infertility

Infertile. It was never a word I thought would describe me. From the time I hit puberty, my cycle was like clockwork. The clockwork lasted until the moment my husband and I decided we were ready to start a family. Then everything went haywire. Month after month for several years we tried and prayed. Every [...]