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 Nai's Story One of the greatest challenges Nai faced as a teenager in foster care was coming to terms with her identity as a foster child. Her school peers viewed her foster child status as a negative trait which made it really hard to trust her friends who would shy away from her when she opened up to them.
“I felt really alone… I didn’t feel that ... |  Wanda's Story Over the past 20 years, Aspiranet ProFamily Program Director Wanda Harlan has been a foster parent to more than 40 teens. Along with her two biological sons, she has at times had up to six foster children in her household including sibling sets and a young teenage mother and her baby. In addition to her role as a foster parent, Wanda’s posit... |  Emily's Story
At the young age of nine, Emily Violet was placed into foster care after being left home alone with her 11-year-old sister for days at a time. Starting a new life in foster care was a major adjustment and presented Emily with many challenges. ... |  Adoptive Family with Hearts of Gold Thomas and Maria Timmerman were a happy, family oriented, and loving couple who were enjoying their nieces, nephews, and extended family, and who had a great desire for children of their own. They had just completed the construction of a spacious new home that had three bedrooms and room for a growing family. They were a stable, loving coup... |  When They Became Adoptable, We Couldn't Say No "I know that I love them just like I love my birth child and I can feel that they love me like that too." – Cynthia Steelman
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