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10 Books for Children in Foster Care
Being in foster care is not easy. Children are torn between wanting their moms and dads and needing safety. Small children have no understanding of what is happening or even why. That’s why it’s important for foster moms to have books for children in foster care on-hand to help them to understand their situation. They only know what is normal for themselves and they miss their own normal. Older children struggle with a life that is indescribable. Any child that has been in foster care for long may begin to harden their hearts because of the repeated hurts that are thrust upon them. Whether it be from natural families, foster…
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Dear Foster Mom Who Guards with Love
Dear Foster Mom, I know that sometimes you feel as if you are all alone. What you do on a weekly, daily, and hourly basis is so far removed from what your friends are doing as moms. But, they don’t understand that, do they? I know that you are pouring your heart out, laying it open, for littles who are not your own. That’s not to say that you don’t long for them to be, but you understand the reality that at any moment the connection you’ve worked so hard to build, the relationship you strive to grow, the heart you long to protect, can unexpectedly be broken. You…
