December

December

I find that all throughout the advent season my heart and mind are tugged in two directions. Part of me recognizes the darker days, the colder nights, the natural world inviting me to pause and sit with the darkness. What is an advent season without the reality of...
Trauma Competent Care

Trauma Competent Care

At Family Hope Coalition, we are convinced that one of the ways we can best support children who have experienced foster care or adoption is to become a trauma-competent caregiver. Whether you are a parent, teacher, ministry worker, or family friend, learning about...
A Mother’s Gaze

A Mother’s Gaze

Gaze: to look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought. On the day my foster daughter turned one, a biological family member gave me what might be one of the best presents I’ve had in a while: A picture of my foster daughter on the day she...
More Than Enough: Thoughts from Exodus

More Than Enough: Thoughts from Exodus

“And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the Lord had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.  And they received from Moses all the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work...
September: New Season. Renewed Vision.

September: New Season. Renewed Vision.

New Season I love autumn. I love the back-to-school, start of something new, productive energy of the season. By this time, I’m craving structure and some predictability to the schedule that fall naturally brings. There is a sense in the literal air that change is...
How Can I Help a Child in Foster Care?

How Can I Help a Child in Foster Care?

Our local kids have a big need right now. Many local agencies don’t have enough licensed foster parents to take in the children in their care. Kids are sleeping in offices or hotel rooms with their workers. Siblings are being separated. Delaware is seeing 38% more...