Foster Care Awareness Month

Somehow May has come and gone! Wasn't it just February? We have officially finished our nearly 60 hours of training for our foster care license. It feels great to be done, but we're also going to miss the sweet group of people we spent all those hours training with.

May is Foster Care Awareness Month and we haven't blogged about it at all. I've read countless blogs and listened to dozens of podcasts on foster care and adoption this month and could've shared every single one. Throughout the last eight weeks, we've gone from foster care being an idea to it really taking over our thoughts and days; this is a good thing, as one day soon our lives will be turned upside down when our child(ren) arrive and we become parents overnight.

We experienced a ton of emotional things during our training, but the thing that illustrates the need for foster care most is this video. Please watch it and let yourself feel the needs, emotions, and overwhelming sadness these kids experience. We know it's going to be hard, but how much harder would life be for these kids if we don't do it?

"I am lovable, I am worthy of care, and that glimmer of light--it makes all the difference. The glimmers of light give me hope that someday my summer will come."