November 2, 2009

November is National Adoption Month!

I have a dear friend who has hosted an exchange student each year for the past five years or so. She and her husband are energetic, generous people — we truly could not have done as good a job with our kids had they not been so supportive. This year the exchange program has not gone as well as in years past. They had to have a student moved to another home. When this happened, something prompted me to ask … “Have you ever considered taking a teenager from the foster care system? You know, one that wouldn’t go back at the end of the school […]