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onceuponafosterkid · 2 months

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I moved in with my foster parents when I was 15. I don’t live with them anymore, but my apartment is five minutes away from their house and I still see them all the time. I don’t always vocalize to my foster mom when I’m struggling because I know she has a house full of kids to worry about, and I don’t want to burden her. I swear she has this sixth sense though, because whenever I start spiraling it’s like she knows. If it’s been a few days since we’ve talked, she’ll call me and check on me, or invite me over for dinner. She’s even driven over here to pick me up to run errands with them and get lunch, just us. Sometimes I look through our texts and it’s impossible to not see how much she loves me, just from those texts. The other day I finally told her and my foster dad a little bit about what I’ve been struggling with, and they just listened to me vent, and they reassured me, and gave me advice. I’m not her blood, but she knows me better than anyone and I think that’s how she always knows, even without me telling her. I don’t know how she does it, but I’m so grateful for both of them. I know that no matter how messy my life gets, I can always come home to them, no questions asked. This is what foster care is supposed to be. I moved out almost three years ago, but they still save my seat at the dinner table. They don’t adopt kids, they never wanted us to feel like some of us were better than others, and they can’t take all of us. In the 39 years they’ve been foster parents, they’ve raised over 300 kids, but they make sure that I know I will always have a place in their lives. So when I think about what love looks like, that’s what I picture, them.

#mental health #foster care #mentalheathawareness #ptsd #ptsd recovery #trauma #foster kids #fostercareawareness #childhood trauma #aging out of foster care

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africstyleinitiatives · 1 year

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Facebook memories..... from one of my previous kids in foster care 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠 #fostercare #adoption #foster #fosterparents #fosterfamily #fosterlove #fostermom #thisisfostercare #fostercareawareness #fosteryouth #fosteringsaveslives #fostering #adoptionjourney #family #nonprofit #fostertoadopt #love #adopt #adoptdontshop #fostercareadoption #fosterkids #adoptionislove #children #fosterchildren #adoptionrocks #fosterparent #giveback #fosterparenting #community #adoptiveparents https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2-MO3JUv_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hollymarlow · 1 year

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Not long til my book reading and signing event at Aylesbury Library! Really looking forward to it! It feels appropriate that it falls during the overlap of #familyliteracyweek and #nationalstorytellingweek 📚 . #adoptionawareness #adoption #fostercare #fostercareawareness #kinshipcare #kinshipcareawareness #adoptionuk #adoptionsupport #therapeuticparenting #therapeuticparent #socialworker #socialwork #adoptionresources #adoptionstories #adoptioncommunity #kinshipcommunity #fostering #fosterparent #fosterfamily #teachingresources #socialworkresources #socialworkreadinglist #library #librarian #adoptionreadinglist #fostercareresources #fostercarereadinglist #books https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnz_PPoMMgK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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official-mddtspeaks · 1 year

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“ Surviving out of spite.”

#adoptionawareness #advocacy #fostercareawareness

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morganvegawrite · 2 years

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♥︎ books featuring foster care ♥︎ . if you know me or have read my book SLEEPING AROUND, you may know I’ve always wanted to foster. I’ve wanted to be a safe, stable person and provide a safe, stable home for children going through the most unsafe, unstable experiences. . so read a book featuring foster care today. two of my faves are WATCH OVER ME by @nina_lacour and WHAT I CARRY by @jenlialongo. and of course, my book ♥︎ . #fostercare #fostercareawareness #yabooks #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthors #indieauthorsunited #indieauthorsofig #indieauthorsbeseen #indieauthorsupport #selfpublishedauthor #selfpublished #selfpublish #selfpub #selfpublishing #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writing #writer #writersofig #authorsofinstagram #author #authorlife #authorssupportingauthors #authorcommunity #booklove #book #bookish (at Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgnQv1yrjVe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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thetonycross · 2 years

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Sadie Grace, Happy Gotcha day! I’m so glad that God made you, You. You’re our Whatababy!! #whataburger #whatbaby #adoption #jesus #fostercare #fostercareawareness #bethechange #bethechurch #prolife #nicubaby (at Hammock De Galvez) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce5A1XOsnBb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#whataburger #whatbaby #adoption #jesus #fostercare #fostercareawareness #bethechange #bethechurch #prolife #nicubaby

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tabrownwv · 2 years

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#flashbackfriday to 2 years ago wearing my @chsofwv essential shirt we got for work 😁 #childwelfare #fostercare #fostercareawareness #adoption #adoptionagency https://www.instagram.com/p/CeERqurODoO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#flashbackfriday #childwelfare #fostercare #fostercareawareness #adoption #adoptionagency

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theadoptionoption · 2 years

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Congratulations! . #Repost @foster4always --- Hasta La Vista Foster Care, I’ve been ADOPTED!!! We adopted Mikey on April 11th and feel so much relief and joy knowing that we’re his people. Adoption day photos to come later. #fostercare #fostercareawarenessmonth #fostercareawareness #fostercareadoption #fostercareadventures #lovemakesafamily #wearefamily #ohanameansfamily #adoption #adoptionjourney https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMKA5-Omv-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#repost #fostercare #fostercareawarenessmonth #fostercareawareness #fostercareadoption #fostercareadventures #lovemakesafamily #wearefamily #ohanameansfamily #adoption #adoptionjourney

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art-lie-blog · 2 years

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Shop Don't Like Abortion Just Ignore Them Like You Ignore Kids In Foster Care abortion-is-healthcare t-shirts designed by Thanty10 as well as other abortion-is-healthcare merchandise at TeePublic.

#abortionishealthcare abortion abortionrights fostercare mybodymychoice prochoice reproductiverights womensrights fostercareawareness dontlik

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stormyfayethechristianrunaway · 11 months

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The Good Lord called home my Mama, Mrs. Ardelia Cunningham Swanson, 24 years ago today.

In her 92+ years of life here on Earth, I give her honor of being a faithful daughter, sister, friend, wife, and mother.

Also, she spent 40+ years of countless untold stories being a mother and grandmother to numerous children, from crying newborns to hardheaded teenagers.

Yeah, she was that woman in the neighborhood.

Her home was open to those whom God directed to her.

The one who, even the caseworkers showed up unannounced with a kid or two or three, for her care. 💞

Because they knew her home was safe and her hugs were warm and her kitchen table fed an army from that backyard garden.

So I'm asking my social media family and friends, in this closing month of May, for an hour or a day, to please change your profile photo or cover photo to represent Foster Care Awareness Month.

With Love Always,

#DaughterOfArdelia

May Is National Foster Care Month.

https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/

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🗣🙋🏾‍♀️👥

Follow ↪ @stormyfaye ↩

Stormy Faye The Christian Runaway

#StormyFayeTheChristianRunaway

https://www.stormyfaye.com/

#FaithForTheJourney

#NationalFosterCareMonth #FosterCareAwareness

#FosterCareAdoption

#FosterCare #FosterYouth

#FosterKids #FosterChildren

#FosterTeens #FosterSiblings

#FosterParents #FosterFamilies

#FosterMothers #FosterMoms

#FosterFathers #FosterDads

#FosterCareMonth #FosterCare

#Reposted #FYP #May27th2023

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jorgemerlos · 2 years

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JOIN US 10.20.22 🍻🕺🏼💃🏼 for a good time & a GREAT CAUSE #charity Charitable Fundraising Event supporting Children in Foster Care @childrensfoundationofamerica Tickets (link in bio) $25 includes 1 beer & Food item 🍺🌭 Location: @rowdysbrewco Catered by: @krazydogz19 LIVE BAND: @prostpolkaband Featured DJ: @the_luv_connection Sponsorship packages available 👊🏼DM or comment below for more details. Raffle items needed 🙏🏼 PLEASE SHARE & help us make a difference together 🤝 #werep #childrensfoundationofamerica #charitable #charities #charitablegiving #networkingmixer #realestate #inlandempire #loanofficer #realtor #inlandempirerealestate #inlandempirerealtor #ierealtor #iereslestate #escrowofficer #escrowlife #ranchocucamonga #loanofficers #mortgage #localbusiness #nonprofit #foster #fostercare #fostercareawareness #fostercarejourney #fosterchildren #fosteringsaveslives #fosterkids #giveback (at Rancho Cucamonga, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiOpWbzsCdm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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onceuponafosterkid · 5 months

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Something I learned growing up in foster care is how to be quiet. Being quiet kept me safe when I was living in an abusive home, and being quiet in foster care allowed me to keep my placement. It made me one of the “good kids.” Now that I am adult, I don’t know how to take up space. I’m so used to doing what I’m supposed to and keeping my opinions to myself all the time. But you don’t make friends like that, or build relationships. Now I’m trying to teach myself that it’s okay to take up space and that I deserve to be wherever I am. I deserve to be at those social events. I deserve to have an opinion. Sometimes I feel like I’m different from “normal” people because I lost so many of the experiences and opportunities kids and teenagers are supposed to have. But someone told me the other day that by telling myself that, I’m sabotaging myself and selling myself short. By having that mindset I’m missing out on opportunities to build relationships and make friends. I have to start acting like I deserve to be there just as much as everyone else. It’s a strange concept and it’s hard to rewrite my brain. It was also hard to hear, but it’s absolutely true.

#mental health #foster care #mentalheathawareness #ptsd #ptsd recovery #trauma #foster kids #fostercareawareness #childhood trauma #aging out of foster care

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hollymarlow · 1 year

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Lots of events coming up, and I'm still finalising the details for a few more. Let me know if you have an event coming up that you'd like me to speak at! Hollymarlow.com/events . #adoptionawareness #adoption #fostercare #fostercareawareness #kinshipcare #kinshipcareawareness #adoptionuk #adoptionsupport #therapeuticparenting #therapeuticparent #socialworker #socialwork #schoolsocialworker #adoptionresources #adoptionstories #adoptioncommunity #kinshipcommunity #fostering #fosterparent #fosterfamily #teachingresources #schoollibrarian #senco #socialworkresources #socialworkreadinglist #library #librarian #adoptionreadinglist #fostercareresources #fostercarereadinglist https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAjmfDsGxd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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official-mddtspeaks · 1 year

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“ The cycle ends with me “

#bipoc #disproportionality #fostercareawareness #intergenerationaltrauma #juvenilejusticeawareness #mentalhealthawareness #transculturaltrauma

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dreamgreatdreams · 5 years

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absolutely ❤️ this thought. #Repost @finallyfamilyhomes with @get_repost ・・・ The trauma of going through foster care and never finding a family can fill a child with heartbreak, a sense of rejection, and hopelessness... They need to be shown that there's somewhere it's safe to be softened. Then they may just go out and do the same... Making the world a little less cruel and heartless for others Repost @randomactscolorado . Love you, praying for you @lrknost . . . . . . . #ahopeandafuture #lrknost #childhoodtrauma #childrenareourfuture #childadvocate #bethedifference #bethechange #finallyfamilyhomes #positivemessage #fostercare #agingout #agedout #fostercareawareness #fostercareawarenessmonth #fostercareadoption #hopeforthefuture #hopeheals #dojustice #orphancare #youthhomelessness (at Beaverton, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxsai-PBhfL/?igshid=f2dcqbkp1rh

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thetonycross · 2 years

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Stop 🛑 drop & reflect. It’s okay to question your direction, it’s okay to have trepidation. #fostercare #fostercareawareness #fosterdad #adoption #james127 (at Hammock De Galvez) https://www.instagram.com/p/CetXZPSrjID/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fostercare #fostercareawareness #fosterdad #adoption #james127

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