She delivered a moving speech about foster kids' inability to make their own decisions, which moved the judge greatly. He granted her adoption and she was officially adopted by the Adams Foster family. She then legally became Callie Adams Foster.[3] A year or so later, Callie graduated ...
There’s a lesson that all adults (including me) need to learn– and that is, don’t judge a book by its cover. I was a single adoptive parent, and when we applied to a local Christian private school, I wrote a “n/a” when it came to the Fathers Name. In our interview, the ...
“the evidence adduced at trial obviously caused both the jury and the judge to conclude not only that something seriously wrong was done to Fogarty-Hardwick in this case, but also that the wrongful conduct was not an isolated incident.” ...
When I closed my last letter to you, my heart exulted in the pleasing anticipation of promised bliss; my wishes danced on the light breezes of hope; and my imagination dared to arrest the attention of, and even claim a return of affection from, the lovely Eliza Wharton. But imagination on...
We may have been labeled with a scarlet letter, but we can still rise and heal. We may have been tossed away like a piece of trash, but we can still rise and heal. We may have been reduced to a mindless child, but we can still rise and heal. We either make ourselves miserable, ...
In a letter to HHS, some Members of Congress noted that young people who (under the ACA) receive health insurance coverage through their parents' plans until age 26 do not have a comparable residency requirement. The letter also asserted that former foster youth need access to quality health ...