Everybody Can Do Something
This personal account was written and shared by adoptive parent Andy Meyers, Agape Adoption Agency’s Intake & Outreach Specialist. Everybody can do something. A few years ago, I heard this phrase from well-known foster care advocate and speaker, Jason Johnson. It...
7 Tips On Being a Single Foster Parent (Or Fostering When Your Spouse Travels)
If you’re a single foster parent and you’ve just added a foster child to the mix, you’re experiencing some seismic changes. Or if you’re married, but you’ve become a “temporary single parent” due to your spouse’s travel schedule or military deployment, you know how...
We Are “Plan C”: An Adoptive Parent’s Personal Account
This personal account was written and shared by adoptive parent Andy Meyers, Agape Adoption Agency’s Intake & Outreach Specialist. When you first enter the foster or adoption world as an adoptive parent there is sometimes this (especially among the...
Bittersweet Goodbye: A Real Life Foster Parent Story
This real-life glimpse into the joys and challenges of foster care was written by a real foster parent. Our 13-year-old foster daughter had been with us for seven months when her placement in our home came to an abrupt end. Her time with us had been a roller coaster....
Am I The Black Life That Matters?
This story was submitted by a friend of Agape Adoption Agency. A precious child considers the recent national events and questions, “Am I the black life that matters?” My daughter has had a fascination with officers since she could express herself. I’ve...
Foster Care and the Coronavirus Crisis
If the Coronavirus has taught us anything it’s that deep down, we are social creatures who thrive best in the company of others with whom we feel safe. Foster kids, many of whom have known nothing in their lives except uncertainty, turmoil, and change have been hit...
A Coronavirus Conversation
Hi, I’m Andy! Agape Adoption Agency’s new Intake & Outreach Specialist, and I’d like to talk to you about Coronavirus. I’d love to spend my first blog post telling you my own personal story and journey with foster care and adoption, and at...
May is National Foster Care Month
While we most definitely appreciate those of you who’ve answered the call to be foster parents ALL year, it’s important for the rest of us to understand why May is such an important month. Since its first proclamation by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, National...
Talking To Children About Coronavirus and Saving Your Sanity At Home
Friends, if you’ve turned on cable news or your social media feeds for more than 30 seconds in the past month, you might think that the world is somewhere between a Flonase commercial and the Walking Dead. Sure, we want to stay informed about the current status of the...Gallery
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