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[Renee] Re: Hi

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:39:57 -0400

Hi Andi, I really understand what you are going though.� I am going though the same thing.� C. is our second foster son that we have had in three years. ...

[Dan] Re: Hi

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:42:11 -0400

Hi Andi. Well there is no easy answer to how to survive it. You just keep the big picture in mind. Know that sometimes if the hate you, you must be doing something right. ...

[Dan] Re: Foster to Adopt mom

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:34:43 -0400

Hi Tory. I have been a foster dad for 8 years, and we adopted two three years ago. It is rewarding....and trying, and sometimes difficult, and sometimes impossible, and ALWAYS WORTH IT. ...

[tory] Foster to Adopt mom

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:28:59 -0400

HI this is my first time being a foster to adopt mom. I love it so much. I currently have none of my own but its a very rewarding experience.

[Dan] Hello to all foster parents

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:48:15 -0400

Hi, my name is Dan and I have been a foster parent for 8 years�now. Will say more about myself later, just wanted to say hi to my new group.

[Andi] Hi

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:28:38 -0500

My husband and I�have been�foster parents for about 2 years looking to abopt.� It has been the most emotional eperience of our lives.� I would love to have any information about how to survive it all. ...

[A] Re: Hi

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:15:20 -0500

Foster parents are special individuals

[Sonya] Hi

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:12:18 -0400

My husband and I are foster parents. We have a group home for medically dependent children. We have 3 birth children, 1 adopted child and 4 foster children.

It's been a difficult but rewarding experience. ...

[Kimberly] I just want to give you hope and support!

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:52:10 -0400

Hi Foster Parents!

I've worked with hundreds of foster kids over the past 17 years and mentored one for four years. I have so much respect for you! Many of them have issues with learning. ...

[Lynn] Re: New member

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:21:31 -0500

I guess someone got the wrong idea. I didn't say "I was uncomfortable giving the children back to their birth parents". I stated that I was concerned about the effect of their leaving on my birth children. ...

[Christina] Re: New member

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:31:26 -0500

lynn,

i'd say that if you're viewing fostering as a means of growing your family and are uncomfortable with "giving the kids back" (i don't see it that way, since they weren't mine to begin with), then ...

[Lynn] Re: New member

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:40:53 -0500

Hi, I'm Lynn. My husband and I where thinking about fostering or adopting in the near future. We have 3 children now (4,7,9). ...

[Tracie] Re: Welcome to the group

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:47:42 -0400

I am a single woman that loves children very much. I have been a teacher in a Lutheran school for 7 years and last year I had several foster parents in my classroom so I researched the program and wanted to become more involved. ...

[Vero] Re: New member

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:32:13 -0400

If you type in the search box under keyword "foster" there are few other foster parents. It would be great to send them a special invite. Let me know if you care to do it.

Vero

[Christina] Re: New member

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:40:11 -0400

welcome! as far as i know, we're the only two foster parents on this board. if there are any others, please come out of hiding!

we are in ohio, have 2 boys that we are adopting, but it's currently a foster placement (we ...