Do you have someone that you rely on? Is there someone that you know will be there for you, support you, call you out, back you up, and fight for you every step of the way? Can you imagine not having that person? Can you imagine feeling too scared to trust anyone or anything? Or wondering … [Read more...]

Nobody really knows what they’re signing up for when they become parents. There are all kinds of warnings and advice that come when a family welcomes a child into their home, but there is no substitute for what experience teaches. And the same thing can be said for becoming a foster parent. There … [Read more...]

Here in the South, like in many other places of the world, we are steeped in tradition. There are traditions about holidays, about clothes, about food, about schools, and, you guessed it, about raising children. Parenting styles and techniques are a much-studied topic and everyone has their own take … [Read more...]

Everything happens for a reason. That’s the phrase commonly used to explain away undesirable events—things that happen or don’t happen that conflict with our image of how life is “supposed to be.” We use that phrase to pacify ourselves, to remind us that current situations are not permanent, and … [Read more...]

Caring for children is never easy. It’s a rewarding and wonderful experience, but it’s not something that anyone would describe as simple or straight-forward. And caring for children who have been displaced is an even more wonderful and difficult thing to do. Taking in a displaced child is always … [Read more...]