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This Is Us: Episode 10 – Goodbyes lead to great opportunities

This is Us: Episode 10 - Goodbyes lead to great opportunities  It was time for Deja to return home. Her mom had completed what the county was requiring her to.  Again, it’s important to remember that it’s a television show and it’s a bit more complicated then just...

How Opioid Use Affects Haven Foster Care

written by Patti Cruz It is impossible to read the news, listen to the radio or be online without hearing a story about a family impacted by the opioid epidemic. At Haven, some of the women and men that we work with everyday through our foster care and adoption...

Haven Foster Care Picnic – A Great Success

Written by Patti Cruz When we started our foster care program, we all had dreams for the program. Some of us dreamed of the first day we would get a placement, others dreamed about the first time a child feels safe and happy with one of our families, and for me, my...

My Testimony – A Birthmother’s Story

Written by: Yanice, Biological Parent To all those who have made The Choice, My name is Yanice. I am a single mother. I have a wonderful little girl who has blessed my life in so many ways. After foolish actions on my behalf, I found out I pregnant again. I was sick...

Letting Go – A Journey From Infertility to Adoption

Written by: Liz, Adoptive Mom Adoption, for me, has been a lesson in letting go. The letting go began about a year ago. It was the middle of the night, and I was slumped on my bathroom floor, crying quietly to myself, trying not to wake my husband who was sleeping a...

How Adoptive Parents Are Like NFL Players

Written by: Meghann Chiappa, Adoptive Parent Case Manager and Director of Foster Care This is my favorite time of year—the start of fall and all things pumpkin, apple picking, sleeping with the windows open, saying goodbye to my bathing suit, and saying hello to the...