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Fear #1 (from Adopted for Daily Life)

June 24, 2019 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Philippians 4:6-7

Five years ago, I helped put together a devotional, specifically for fostering/adopting moms. Never would I have imagined that five years later, I’d be re-reading the book as part of its target audience. This week I’m sharing the thoughts of my friend Tonja. She and her family lived with us during a portion of their fostering […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + Foster Care, + Parenting · Tagged With: adoption, devotional, fear, Philippians

10 Common Myths About Foster Care

May 14, 2019 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Whenever someone finds out we are foster parents, we typically hear the following responses: “You’re a better person than me.” “I could never do that.” “Wow. You’re amazing!” “The world needs more people like you.” When I respond in ways that challenge those statements, I’m typically presented with lots of myths about foster care. Let […]

Filed Under: + Foster Care, Featured ·

“Where there’s a WE, there’s a way.”

May 2, 2019 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

I recently heard this statement and decided it’s the best way to describe how I feel about a lot of really important issues: Where there’s a WE, there’s a way. At IF: Gathering 2019, psychiatrist Curt Thompson said this: Our brain is more than happy to do lots of things that are really difficult, as […]

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Created for You

March 27, 2019 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

Over the weekend, I had the honor of speaking at the Created for You Retreat put on by Northway Christian Community in Pittsburgh. It was such a life-giving experience for me to be able to encourage the foster and adoptive moms gathered there. We first began our foster care journey a little over a decade […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + Foster Care, + Resilience & Healing ·

If you wouldn’t say it about a boob job…

April 24, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

A public service announcement from adoptive families everywhere!

We got some pretty strange looks and heard some ridiculous statements when we were doing foster care. While I could handle most comments, we cared for school-age kids who absolutely felt the pain of those words and the sting of the stares. Working with adopting families here in Nicaragua has reinforced how clueless we can […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + Foster Care, + Making Me Laugh, + Via Technology · Tagged With: adoption, multiracial

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