Feb 5, 2022 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Megan E. Spidell, Family Law Attorney & Foster Parent With the increasing rates of infertility and increasing number of children in foster care in the United States, many couples (and individuals) are considering adoption. Did you know that...
Jul 17, 2021 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Amelia Caudle Although my husband and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary (gulp!!), I can still remember what it felt like to be newly married and planning the rest of our lives together. I have to chuckle at the word...
Feb 19, 2021 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, By Location, Greensboro, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Blair Somers, Board Member of Anchor Hope Did you know there are currently over 17,000 children in the North Carolina Foster Care system alone? Once a child is pulled from their biological family there is an interim period where the Department of...
Nov 11, 2020 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Adult Health & Wellness, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, From the Heart, Health, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Gina McCarn I became a mother again when we welcomed two more children into our family through foster care. You can read about our journey here. We welcomed Antony home only a few days after he had been discharged from the hospital. Uninhibited, we...
Sep 29, 2020 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Gina McCarn Phil and I were both raised in the Triad and moved to Atlanta in 2016. Currently I am living the dream in Norcross, GA married to my husband of 20 years and raising our family. We have been parents for almost 18 years. We have five...
Jan 28, 2020 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Amy Hughes Nothing is easy about our foster care system. Whether you’re a foster parent, child, caseworker, or birth parent it is undoubtedly a hard journey for everyone involved. For foster parents there is tons of red tape to navigate, constant...
Jul 26, 2019 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Katy Tolliver, MSW, LCSW, Post Placement Coordinator at Family Services, Inc. Family Services, Inc. has been working with adoptive and foster families for 75 years! Over the years, we have supported many families on their journey to become parents...
Jun 28, 2019 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Adults, By Stage, Local Resources
By Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Our Healthy Relationships Initiative (HRI) team is excited to partner with Triad Moms on Main on this blog series. In this series, we offer general guidance to relationship or family...
Mar 11, 2019 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Greta Argenta “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa When people ask me why we got into foster care/adoption I can say with total certainty that it was a calling. As a kid my favorite game to...
Nov 16, 2018 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Guest Blogger Marie Givner, Adoption Program Manager at Family Services Kim and Drew will always remember the day they got THE CALL. They were out and about running errands when Kim’s cell phone rang. She nervously answered when she saw it was Family Services...
Apr 15, 2016 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Steve Giles Have you ever dreamed of taking your family abroad to experience a new culture? For many families this is a dream that never moves beyond those “one day . . .” conversations. If experiencing a slice of what life is like outside of the U.S....
Nov 21, 2015 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Juan Santos M.S., CRC, LPCA Each year, November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. If you are looking to adopt, feel free to visit our adoption category here. If you are a parent of an adopted child, we hope today’s blog will be...
Nov 7, 2015 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Alicia Bowles with Children’s Home Society of NC Boys Adopted on the “Happiest Day of Our Lives” “You are here. You are not going anywhere. You belong. You are a member of our family, forever. This is what we tell Adrian and Martin daily,” says Wendy...
Jan 26, 2015 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Family Time, Hot Topics, Non Profits, Raising Children
By Ashleigh Pike “Will I get to see blue sky while I am here?” I will never forget this question asked by Lisa, our 7th exchange student from Beijing. In early August 2014 I got an email from my children’s school and my employer, Forsyth Country Day School, that forty...
May 5, 2014 | -, Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parent & Child Groups / Support Groups, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Becky Johnston The number one thing that I hear as people find out we are a Foster Family is this: “I could never do that. Don’t you get too attached? I would have such a hard time letting a child go.” I get it. TOTALLY get it. In fact, this is what kept me from...
May 1, 2014 | -, Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Pop Culture, Books & Movies, Recreation
By Suzy Fielders As moms we worry about our children constantly. We even worry about what will happen to them after we are no longer around. While it’s a given that the last thing we want for them to be is alone aka an orphan, many are unaware of how startling the...
Jul 18, 2013 | -, Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Parenting & Family
By Tanja Ragonesi Before you read today’s post, be sure to catch up on Tanja’s post from last month about older child adoption here. And for more stories about adoption, visit our Adoption and Foster Parenting section here. Isn’t pregnancy an amazing time?...
Jun 25, 2013 | -, Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Religion
By Tanja Ragonesi “Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don’t matter; they’re just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it’s warm and that it beats through a loving heart.” ~ Scott Simon, Baby, We Were Meant for...
May 22, 2012 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, From the Heart, Local Resources, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Wendy Harper As the mother of two boys from Africa, people often tell me they’ve always wanted to adopt. Honestly, that was never my intention. Even when I made my first phone call to an adoption agency, I did so as a...
Aug 13, 2011 | Adoption & Foster Parenting, Birthday Parties, Local Resources, Non Profits
By Christine Murray Spreading the Joy of Birthdays to Kids in Foster Care: The New “Evan’s Wish” Program from Foster Friends of NC I admit it. I am “one of those” parents who like to go all out for my kids’ birthdays. If time and money were no object, I am sure that I...
Oct 5, 2010 | -, Adoption & Foster Parenting, Local Resources
By Becca Albertson Chances are, you know someone who has adopted a child internationally, or maybe you’re interested in it yourself. Well, I am a social worker with Carolina Adoption Services who does homestudies (pre-placement assessments and approvals for adoptive...
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