Episode 146: When Hope Feels Dangerous: From the Perspective of a Biological Parent
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Did you know that May is National Foster Care Awareness Month? To help raise awareness of this community that we love so dearly, things are looking a little different this month on the podcast. Every week this month, we are highlighting stories from each perspective of the foster care community—agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children—because every member of the foster care community matters and has a story to tell.
In this episode, I am joined by Tiffany Shaw. Tiffany is a biological parent whose three children entered foster care after she was reported to the Department of Children and Family Services as a result of drug addiction. Today, she graciously shares with us the difficult circumstances that led to her relapse and homelessness, as well as the significant relationship that led to her recovery from drugs and reunification with her children. Tiffany’s story is full of redemption, and I am so grateful for her willingness to join me for this conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey this is the forgotten podcast because once |
| 0:10.4 | brent and i started doing all of those things that we were supposed to do we saw a different side |
| 0:14.9 | of dcf and a different side of jol and they both came to us at different points talking about, you know, |
| 0:22.7 | we want to be supportive. |
| 0:24.3 | We want to see you succeed. |
| 0:25.6 | We believe that you can succeed. |
| 0:27.7 | Giving us a little extra here and there |
| 0:29.5 | when it was needed. |
| 0:31.3 | And it was through that support |
| 0:33.3 | that we were willing to keep going. |
| 0:42.6 | Okay. that we were willing to keep going. Hello and welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:45.5 | I'm your host, Jamie Cave, and I am so very excited to have you with me here today. |
| 0:52.0 | May is National Foster Care Month, so we're going to do things a little bit |
| 0:56.2 | differently on the podcast. Every week this month, we are highlighting stories from each |
| 1:02.0 | perspective of the foster care community, agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, |
| 1:07.7 | and children. Every member of the foster care community matters, and everyone has a story to tell. |
| 1:15.9 | Here at TFI, we are chasing after our vision of helping people everywhere supporting the foster care community and experiencing Jesus together. |
| 1:25.3 | One of the main ways we do this is by helping you launch and lead a thriving foster care |
| 1:30.9 | ministry right where you live. |
| 1:33.3 | These ministries connect churches and agencies so that the church can help meet physical, |
| 1:40.0 | relational, and spiritual needs of the foster care community, and the foster care community |
| 1:45.4 | can give perspective and opportunities to serve to the church. We need each other. |
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