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🪺 Loving the Whole FamilyFoster care isn’t just about loving the child who walks through my front door. It’s about lovin...
09/11/2026

🪺 Loving the Whole Family

Foster care isn’t just about loving the child who walks through my front door. It’s about loving their family, too.

That doesn’t mean ignoring the circumstances that brought a child into care. It means remembering that behind every case plan, every court hearing, and every visit is a real family walking through what may be one of the hardest seasons of their lives.

I believe God has called me to meet families where they are—not where I think they should be.

I want to pray for them. Encourage them. Walk through the uncomfortable emotions with them. Advocate for them when they need resources, services, or support that could help them become successful. And when possible, I want them to know that the person caring for their child is not their enemy.

I also believe loving families means being honest. I don’t want to give false hope or pretend difficult things aren’t happening. They deserve clear, respectful communication about what is happening with their child and what I can appropriately share. Sometimes love looks like encouragement, and sometimes it looks like having a hard conversation with kindness and truth.

Because when reunification can happen safely, I don’t want a parent simply handed their child back and wished good luck. I want them to have been given every reasonable opportunity, resource, and support to succeed as a family.

And when reunification isn’t possible, I can still choose compassion. I can still pray for healing. I can still honor the fact that a child’s story began before they ever entered The Tufted Nest.

Foster care has taught me that there doesn’t have to be an “us versus them.” I can fiercely advocate for the child in my home while also praying for and encouraging the family they came from. Those two things can exist together.

Jesus didn’t ask us to love people only when their lives were put together. He met people right in the middle of their mess—and loved them there.

That’s the kind of foster parent I want to be. 🤍

“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” — Romans 12:10 NIV

Love the child. Love the family. Pray for both. And trust God with the rest. 🪺✝️

🪺 Welcome to The Tufted NestI’ve been trying to figure out what my first post here should say, and I keep coming back to...
09/07/2026

🪺 Welcome to The Tufted Nest

I’ve been trying to figure out what my first post here should say, and I keep coming back to one thing: foster care is something God has placed so strongly on my heart.

It isn’t easy. In fact, sometimes it hurts more than I can put into words. But it is my whole heart.

Over the years, 20 children have come through my front door and into my home. Twenty little lives that I have had the privilege of loving unconditionally for however long God allowed me to be part of their story.

And I remember them. Every single one.

I remember their names. Their favorite foods. The things that made them laugh. The funny little things they did. The bedtime routines, the milestones, the hard days and the victories. I remember the first nights when everything was unfamiliar and the days when this house finally started to feel like home.

Some of them I am blessed to watch grow up from afar through Facebook and pictures. Some I still get little updates about. And some of them I will likely never see again.

That is the hardest part.

People often tell me, “I don’t know how you do it. I could never foster because I would get too attached.”

But that is exactly the point.

You are supposed to get attached.

These children deserve someone who will love them enough to have their heart broken when they leave. They deserve to know what it feels like to be wanted, protected, celebrated and loved without conditions—even if it is only for a season.

If it doesn’t hurt when they leave, then I don’t believe I’ve done what God called me to do.

I don’t foster because saying goodbye is easy. I foster because loving them while they are here is worth the goodbye.

This is The Tufted Nest—a safe place to land, a home where little ones are loved fiercely, and a journey of trusting God with every child He places in my care. 🪺🤍

“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” — Matthew 18:5 NIV

And so, when God sends another little one to my door, my prayer remains simple:

There will always be room in this nest for the child God calls me to love. 🤍✝️

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