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The Forgotten Podcast

Episode 12: Why No Act of Kindness Is Insignificant to a Child in Foster Care

The Forgotten Podcast

The Forgotten Initiative

Christian, Family, Adoption, Kids & Family, Fostercare

4.9532 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Nicole Argo is a pastor’s wife and mom of two who grew up in foster care. Nicole’s story explains the emotions and struggles children often face when in foster care. She shares how critical every effort to help those in the foster care community is and how showing and sharing the love of Jesus can make a difference in a child’s life.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community.

0:09.9

This is how they thought of me.

0:11.7

I mean, this is what, you know, that's how they thought of me, is that, okay, so you're leaving.

0:18.3

These people have decided they want you.

0:20.0

You're leaving in a couple days.

0:21.6

So we're just going to put your stuff in a while you can sleep on the floor.

0:26.8

I remember hearing, I will take care of you and you will not hurt anymore.

0:32.2

And I will carry you through this. And you're not alone. I've got you and I see you. I remember that all the time

0:39.3

is I see you. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome back to the forgotten podcast. We're in every

0:47.0

episode I get to interview members of the foster care community. And today is part two of a

0:53.2

really special episode with Nicole Argo.

0:56.6

Nicole grew up in foster care.

0:58.2

As a seven-year-old little girl, she was taken into foster care.

1:01.8

And she talks with us of her journey through foster care into in and out of homes, children's home.

1:08.2

She's very open and honest about her story. And there's some things here that are a little more adult in nature. And so keep that in mind as you have young ones close. We had to cut off last time at a point when Nicole and her brother were going to be separated. When Nicole was going to be moving to another home, a home that

1:27.7

again, a new stranger. Sadly, the foster parents that had been with her were not showing her

1:33.5

the love that she needed. Give you a little brief bio on Nicole before we go back into that. Nicole

1:38.6

and her husband Jason are married and together they have two beautiful children ages eight and five.

1:45.4

She's a wedding and portrait photographer and her husband Jason is a pastor.

1:49.4

They live in New York.

1:50.5

I'm going to play a little bit of last time's episode just to get you back up to speed

1:54.7

and then we'll finish out her story on today's episode.

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