Hindsight

Hindsight

To see the hindsight of God’s incredible plan, I have to start back in 2015. 3 Adults, Many Needs In May of 2015, we took in my 17-year-old special needs nephew while watching my sister die for 6 weeks. She died on June 8th, 2015 and then unexpectedly my mother-in-law...
What Happens When Lives Intersect

What Happens When Lives Intersect

Mom made a brave choice to trust Safe Families almost six years ago. Sometimes, I think it was for me. Either way, it has been a bridge for two families that never would have been crossed without it.  A very, very, adventurous bridge. A Story of Two Women From Chicago...
Going Home Before Going Away

Going Home Before Going Away

We were hosting a sweet baby boy while the child welfare agency was investigating his mom. But yesterday we were overjoyed to receive a call that this precious child was allowed to go back to his mom! What a blessing! It turns out that he was removed from mom’s...
Changing Your Normal

Changing Your Normal

Our journey towards becoming a host family started as many of our God journey’s begin – ignoring the call. Thinking of every excuse: “There isn’t that big of a need”, “Someone else will step up”, “We are far too busy to add this to our plate”, “Maybe when...
“Dangerous” Hospitality

“Dangerous” Hospitality

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...
Nurturing a Newborn

Nurturing a Newborn

We had been serving with Safe Families for a couple of years but were on a short respite as I had just found out my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We took a call anyway…Mom had just given birth and we were the perfect match for her little one. I said...
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