Tag Archives: Dad

What to Expect When Your Adult Child Becomes a Foster Parent

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Guest Post by Brian Herzog, father of Dropping Anchors Mama Stephanie Hagen It is definitely a mixed bag of emotions to watch your child enter into foster parenting. There’s the incredible pride to know your adult child is doing something … Continue reading →

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The Toughest Words For This Foster Dad to Hear: “I Don’t Know How You Do It”

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over Series: Post by Trent Friberg There were a lot of question marks, a lot of unknowns, when we first decided to do this thing called foster care. If I’m honest, I had a lot … Continue reading →

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Just For This Moment Dad

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over series: Post by Shane Palmer Hello little one, It’s me, your “just for this moment” dad. You remember, don’t you? I’m that guy whose house they brought you to and said, “Here, this is … Continue reading →

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Our Journey

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over Series: Post by Jason Daniels Throughout our foster care journey we waited for this day, the day of finalization. We started down our foster care journey with this as our goal, to finalize an … Continue reading →

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Daddy’s Little Girl

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

This past week at work I had three 3rd grade girls in my office together. The oldest saw a picture of my daughters and exclaimed, “They look NOTHING like you!” I explained that is because they are Hispanic and I … Continue reading →

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