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The Family You Weren’t Expecting
A few years ago, I worked alongside a teacher who did something I still think about…
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My Life, My Journey
Why I made a 67-page binder for young people in foster care — and what I…
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Back to School, Back to a System
There’s a particular kind of chaos that shows up in late July. You can feel it…
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Where Do You Even Start? A Guide to the Foster Care Process, State by State
I still remember the night before our first home study. I had a checklist I’d made…
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On Perimenopause…
I’m forty-six, and this has been a hard year. Not the kind of hard I’m used…
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How to Become a Foster Parent in Kansas: The Roadmap I Wish I’d Had
When people ask me how to become a foster parent in Kansas, they almost always ask…
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On launching, and letting go…
Somewhere around forty-five, I thought I’d have this figured out. Instead I’m standing in the middle…