“If Not Us, Who?” Grieving Parents Provide Safe Refuge For 100 Foster Babies.
Life for Deb and Mike Schuring of Pella, Iowa, has been a study in sadness and joy. In the 1980s, the couple lost their daughter...
Read moreLife for Deb and Mike Schuring of Pella, Iowa, has been a study in sadness and joy. In the 1980s, the couple lost their daughter...
Read morePregnancy loss is heartbreaking, even for mothers in the animal kingdom. Good friends Sanne and Iris live in the Netherlands with their seven horses and...
Read moreIn October 2019, Brittany Burcham of Birmingham, Alabama, took in her first teenage foster child. At first, she was terrified, but she quickly realized that...
Read moreIt took 19 long years, but Monyay Paskalides finally has what she's always wanted: a mother. Monyay entered the foster care system in Bradenton, Florida,...
Read moreCaring for an infant in their first few days of life is no easy feat. Most babies require around-the-clock care, constant feedings, and plenty of...
Read moreActor Steve Pemberton once said, "What makes a family is neither the absence of tragedy nor the ability to hide from misfortune, but the courage...
Read moreFoster parents are a crucial part of animal rescues. Without these loving families, many shelterless animals would not be able to recover. For example, dogs...
Read moreElizabeth Friedland is a single mom whose foster daughter just turned 18. After watching her "bonus daughter" struggle to get to and from work on...
Read moreYou never really know how you'll react during a life or death emergency. A family in New Tazewell, Tennessee, recently found out that when push...
Read moreKatie Holstein of Kentucky never pictured herself taking care of a teenager when she became a foster mom three years ago, but that was before...
Read moreLife as the Hejduk family knows it just got much, much busier! Heather and Jamie Hejduk of San Antonio, Texas, have four biological children. Last...
Read moreIt's hard to imagine anyone harming a helpless infant, but sadly, it does happen. Eric and LeAnne Stadler of Ohio have four biological children and...
Read moreWhen he was 12 years old, Robert Carter and his eight siblings were put into foster care. Their mother was no longer able to support...
Read moreMusic soothes the soul – for people and animals! Just ask Esther Abrami, who recently discovered the key to keeping her rescue kitten calm and...
Read moreWhen Dominique and Kevin Gill of Nashville, Tennessee, decided to become foster parents, they weren't looking to adopt. But when a boy named Andrew came...
Read moreCori Salchert of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has devoted most of her career to easing the transition between life and death, working as both a maternity nurse...
Read moreMany children in the foster care system only have a handful of belongings to take with them as they move from home to home. But...
Read moreKids enter foster care for all kinds of reasons. Despite being cared for by someone else, many of them still have extended family members that...
Read moreSandy never knew how much she needed her nephew, Robert, until she made a choice that changed – and saved – her life. Both had...
Read moreRichard Ripley knows he wouldn't be the man he is today if one special woman hadn't intervened on his behalf decades ago. Born into a...
Read moreAfter days of feeling weaker and weaker, Doris Crippen reached for a glass of water and fell out of bed. The next day, her son...
Read moreAndi and Thomas Bonura always wanted to have a big family – no matter how their children found their way home. The Texas couple struggled...
Read moreMany animals seem to understand when they've been rescued and look for the sweetest ways to show their appreciation. Amber Nadinic, an animal rescuer from...
Read moreAfter struggling with infertility and going through a divorce, Katie Page of Parker, Colorado, still dreamed of being a mother. That's why she began fostering...
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