Driven by faith, a Texas couple with three biological children adopted three siblings out of foster care, growing from a family of five to a family of eight. However, amid all the moments of the chaos of a six-child household, the Mills family home in Abilene, Texas, is filled to the rafters with love. Siblings…
Texas Parents ‘Driven by Faith’ Adopt 3 Siblings out of Foster Care, Becoming a Family of 8
Foster Mom Helps Birth Mom Beat Drug Addiction and Regain Daughter’s Custody
An unlikely friendship between a mom suffering long-term drug addiction and the woman who fostered her daughter has changed all three lives, and many more by association. Not only has former addict Heather Bone beaten her demons, but she has earned back custody of her child, Kristina. Heather and foster mom, Nanci Weinstein, remain close…
Single Foster Mom’s Emergency Placement ‘Welcome Packages’ Are Helping Teen Girls
A single foster mom’s winning routine for emergency placements, to put nervous kids at ease and sidestep the first-night awkwardness, has gone viral. Brittany Burcham of Birmingham, Alabama, started fostering teens in 2019. She shared her routine on TikTok, and her heartwarming videos are even inspiring others to consider fostering. The foster mom provides safe…
Mare Who Delivered Stillborn Baby Fosters Sickly Orphaned Foal as Her Own: ‘So Proud’
Born of tragic circumstances, a beautiful bond has formed between a mare who lost her baby and a foal who lost his mom. The 13-year-old Zangersheide mare named Citty Z lost her first baby two months prematurely to stillbirth. Yet her owners, Iris Pinkster and Sanne Kolman of the Netherlands, were convinced she had what it…
Kai’s Inspiring Weight-Loss Journey
100 pounds overweight and almost put down, Kai the golden retriever now has a new life and a loving forever home. With love and patience, nothing is impossible!
78-Year-Old Retiree Fosters Over 80 Infants in 3 Decades: ‘God’s Handed Me a Gift to Do’
At 78, a veteran foster carer who has looked after 8o-plus infants in the span of over three decades, as a single foster parent, reflects on her role, calling it “challenging… but very rewarding.” Linda Owens retired from her career as a grocery department manager, but still continues to care for babies, sometimes two at…
Foster Parent of Ma’Khia Bryant Reveals Argument That Led to Officer-Involved Shooting
The foster mother of a knife-wielding Ohio teenager who was killed during an officer-involved shooting earlier this week revealed that an argument about house cleaning triggered the dispute. Angela Moore, the foster parent of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant of Columbus, said Thursday that the dispute took place when two former foster children were at Moore’s home. “It…
Beaten, Abandoned Pit Bull Spends 10 Years in a Shelter, Until Loving Staff Member Adopts Her
Rescuers first found the female pit bull with her muzzle bound, beaten, with her legs “hog-tied.” Since then, she spent almost a decade in an animal shelter, though recently, the unfortunate animal’s lot has improved, as she has found the perfect forever home. A good Samaritan named Ernie Moss found the pit bull, now named…
Left to Die in a ‘Sea of Mud,’ Young Horse Rescued in Nick of Time Thrives in Foster Care
A young horse who was once left to perish in a freezing muddy field is now living his best life in a foster home in Yorkshire, England, after a tremendous rescue effort. A horse and pony welfare charity, Here4Horses, intervened in early 2017 when a fly-grazing site came to their attention. A group of horses…
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