May 24, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
This weekend I caught my 3 and 4 year old playing “Safe Families” with their stuffed animals. They told me they were taking care of their animals and loving them until their mommies could take care of them again. When we stepped out in faith as a host...
May 10, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
When we talk to friends and family members about Safe Families, it always takes a while to explain what it is. Is is foster care? Is it adoption? Is it just free baby sitting? I think it’s difficult to explain because it doesn’t fit into any of our normal categories....
Mar 19, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
Although some of our friends supported us, others told us we were crazy to voluntarily open our home to children we’d never met. Doubts swirled around us. What were we thinking? Could we afford it? We have three daughters. Would they be OK? Were we putting them at...
Feb 1, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts
Being safe can be dramatically different than feeling safe. It’s not personal – it’s not that you don’t have a clean home, food in the refrigerator, and plenty of toys. The child is not worried about how many smoke detectors you have, or that cleaning supplies are...
Jan 25, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
I want to introduce myself by providing a little bit of background on me: I grew up in a supportive, middle class, nuclear family in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. We were close to our extended family, and had neighbors who were as close as family as well. I was...
Dec 10, 2017 | Noteworthy Thoughts
“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.” – Isaiah 58:10 How is it that the Lord instilled in me a life of hospitality? It started many years...
