Quotes about Foster care

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Sister, why do you do that?""Do what?""Cage the animals at night?""Well..." She looked up and out through the barred win — Jennings Michael Burch, They Cage the Animals at Night
What makes a family is neither the absence of tragedy nor the ability to hide from misfortune, but the courage to overco — Steve Pemberton, A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home
They projected an illusion of warmth with their home-cooking and hand-stitched quilts, yet underneath the facade was an — Renee Carlino, Swear on This Life
This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals — Abby Norman
I saw the bruises, the burns, the cuts— I knew which ones had been done to you by someone you thought you could trust. S — Abby Norman
Thus bound together, they sheltered the child from the cold, dark night, enveloping him in warmth. — Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern
I felt empty a lot and I sometimes had a sense—and I know this sounds strange—that I really had no existence as my own p — John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care
The one piece of advice I always give is this: become a foster parent because you want to help the child. Not because yo — Rio Hogarty
The pain will always be in you — but you will not always be in pain. — Abby Norman
Denny thought our parents needed a combination of material goods and temperamental changes before he could return home. — John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care
I am here because I worked too hard and too long not to be here. But although I told the university that I would walk ac — John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care.
That so many thousands of children around the world are available for adoption is a sign of our impoverished humanity. T — Deborah A. Beasley, Successful Foster Care Adoption
You are mine for a moment, but you are His, forever His. — Matt Hammitt, I Couldn't Love You More
In foster care it’s easier to measure what you’ve lost over what you have gained, because it there aren’t many gains in — John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care
Once we were inside the walls of Rahway Prison the mood changed. We were patted down for weapons and given a tour. They — Damien Black, Life of a Bastard
I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, ab — Kenny Guinn
I journeyed alone for almost ten years before I found home. Adoptions are like very delicate gardening with transplants — Ashley Rhodes-Courter, Three Little Words: A Memoir
I came to this house for safety. They came because the foster care system ran out of homes. We stayed because we were st — Katie McGarry, Dare You To
They were no better than common thieves. They stole our childhood. But even with that, I was heartbroken that I would no — John William Tuohy, No Time to Say Goodbye: A Memoir of a Life in Foster Care
Children are taught to look down on their nurses (nannies), to treat them as mere servants. When their task is completed — Jean-Jacques Rousseau