❔ How long have you been fostering? Our family has been fostering for about 10 months. ❔ Why did you begin fostering? Thanks to a few good friends who have provided a wonderful and honest example of what it looks like to be dedicated advocates for foster children we...
❔ How long have you been fostering? We have been fostering for about a year now. ❔ Why did you begin fostering? Fostering has a special place in our hearts, because we each have a sibling that joined our family through fostering. We both knew how positive fostering...
❔ How long have you been fostering? We "unexpectedly" became foster parents again about 15 months ago. 🙂 ❔ Why did you begin fostering? We originally set out to SUPPORT foster families through Restore Network, because we saw the great need through our own daughter's...
❔ How long have you been fostering? We got licensed in the fall (2019) and received our first placement a few weeks later. ❔ Why did you begin fostering? We began fostering because we saw the need. We started seriously praying and stayed there for 2 years. Praying,...
by Jess, Restore Network Foster Mom How do we build relationships with our foster children's biologically family? I think it starts with our hearts. We can’t truly love someone and be for someone if we only see them for their mistakes, or if we put ourselves on a tier...
❔ How long have you been fostering? We actually got the call for our very first placement 10 years ago yesterday! We took a break from 2013-2019 and began again in December of 2019. ❔ Why did you begin fostering? At the very beginning, we wanted to foster because we...
❔ How long have you been fostering? 8 months ❔ Why did you begin fostering? Fostering had been on our hearts for a very long time. Rachael began volunteering for Restore Network thinking that was the niche we were supposed to be in, but after several years, we...
❔ How long have you been fostering? 7 months ❔ Why did you begin fostering? We started about 4 years ago, to go on a journey to adopt after we felt a strong call to help children. We had initially ruled out fostering thinking it would be too hard, but after challenges...
by Jess, Restore Network Foster Mom If you would have asked me my favorite thing about being a foster parent a few months ago, I might have laughed in your face. The months leading up to M's return home were incredibly hard... for a multitude of reasons. You see the...
by Jess, Restore Network Foster Mom What do I wish more people knew about foster care? That saying goodbye isn't the worst thing that could happen. I get it, I’ve been there. The thought of loving a child as your own for a few months, or a year, or a few years... and...