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Foster Mom

10/11/2018

The Impact of Food Culture

Opinion

Carrie Dahlin

When my husband and I got married, we had to learn how to combine our ideas of meals and grocery shopping. We both grew up with different types of food and as you would expect when a newly married couple come together, grocery shopping was tricky to navigate.

5/11/2018

Defining Moments: Walking in the Role of a Child

Mira Zimet

In the system since he was an infant, at 18 Walter was ready to go. While he had lived with this same foster mother most of his life, he was done with foster care and wanted to age out.

1/12/2018

Heaven Sent: My Son’s Foster Mother Came Through for Us Both

Opinion

Lynne Miller

The first time I set eyes on my son’s foster mother, I did not see her through rose-colored glasses — they were more like fire red! I was angry and resentful that my son had been removed from me, so I was in no mood to be friendly or forgiving.

10/22/2014

Profiles in Foster Courage: Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Lin Weaver

“Profiles in Foster Courage” is a series of audio interviews dedicated to extraordinary individuals whose early life was spent in foster care, and to those who experienced first-hand the trauma and determination of those individuals whose early years were fraught with neglect.

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