Chatting with a mom yesterday who is a licensed foster parent. I've known her for several years as her boys were patients at the orthodontist office I previously worked at. I was telling her this story, our journey here and I told her that she was one of the inspirations for me as a foster mom. Working at the office, we had several amazing families who fostered children. I always loved seeing the kids when they came in the office and I thought "Wow! these families are awesome. How do they do it? I sure could never do it." Little did I know that I would be joining their club. Funny to think God put me at that great office most likely to set the stage to prepare me for what was going to come my way in a few years. The families I've met have stayed in my life one way or another. They have shown me to be faithful and to trust and that they're real. They've given me advice and they've supported me even if they weren't aware of it.

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