Author: Stef Lewis

I was listening to a podcast recently (That Sounds Fun – Annie F. Downs) and the interviewee (Paula Faris) said something like “Tragedy and opportunity exist in the same space”. That  really resonated with me and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind. As I mulled it over and searched for

I took 3 semesters of Psychology in college. The subject interested me so I approached it for understanding rather than to merely survive it for a passing grade. I have always been pretty nerdy and feel like I have relatively decent knowledge on the topic. That turned out to be a good thing. Fostering is

Apart from choosing to maintain relationships with biological family, there was one other extremely important choice we made. It is definitely the most courageous choice we made in our journey. It was the choice to be completely truthful with our children. There is a lot at play in foster care situations. There are lots of

Another part of fostering that can certainly be complicated is that the children are local. Something we didn’t consider is, though the children are removed from the home, there is extended family to consider. Every case is different. In our case, there were both maternal and paternal extended family that wanted contact.      Before children

I told the girls that I had finally decided to write the story of how our family came to be. I invited each of them to chime in and share anything they wanted to share. Aliera was quick to the task. The following is what she had to say about the early days:      I