Episode 161: Discovering Hope When Life Felt Hopeless (w/ Brittany Marler)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
It’s National Adoption Month! In honor of that, the podcast will be weekly this month to provide more opportunities for you to share episodes with friends who might not know as much about foster care or adoption in order to increase awareness. Let's spread the word!
As many of us know, not every family gets to be reunified. In fact, in just under half (48%) of cases are children reunified with their parents. How should we respond to that reality? My guest today is unique in that she was an adoptee and also a biological mother who experienced her own children being placed in foster care. Brittany Marler’s life was turned upside-down when her mother was killed, which eventually led to her adoption by her grandparents. In our conversation, she vulnerably shares with us her experience of growing up without her birth mother, the painful circumstances that led to her to prison and surrendering her children, and their foster parents who relentlessly pursued a relationship with her.
Though Brittany’s story up to this point is not one of reunification, it is one of restoration and healing. God is doing incredible things in her life, and I am so grateful for Brittany’s openness and willingness to share her story with us here on the podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. This is The Forgotten podcast. How do my kids feel right now? Like, you know, like, how can I even, how can I be happy in this moment? You know, but that's whenever, that was the day that I learned that it was okay to not be okay. |
| 0:27.5 | Hey there. Welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:33.5 | I'm your host, Jamie Cabe, and I am so very excited to have you with me here today. |
| 0:38.5 | November is National Adoption Month, so we're going to do things a little bit differently here on the podcast. We'll be bringing you an episode each and every week this month |
| 0:44.1 | to help raise awareness surrounding adoption and bring attention to the need for loving |
| 0:49.8 | adoptive families for children waiting in the foster care system. Did you know that of the 400,000 |
| 0:57.1 | children in foster care, about 25% of them are waiting to be adopted? Each and every one of these |
| 1:04.2 | children and all the different individuals in their lives matter and they have stories to tell. I would love for you to join me this month |
| 1:12.2 | and consider partnering with TFI |
| 1:14.3 | to impact the lives of these children and families. |
| 1:17.5 | Team 310 is a group of partners that give to TFI |
| 1:21.3 | to help us continue on mission together. |
| 1:24.1 | We can make a big difference in the foster care community |
| 1:27.3 | and your gift of 10,, $25, or $50 |
| 1:29.7 | makes a huge impact. You can learn more and join today at the forgotten initiative.org |
| 1:36.2 | slash team 310. That's the forgotten initiative.org slash team 310. Thank you again for joining me and let's go now to today's episode for National Adoption |
| 1:49.4 | Month. |
| 1:55.0 | All right. |
| 1:55.7 | Well, Brittany, I am so honored to have you on the show today. |
| 1:59.6 | And I want to give a little context to our audience and our listeners before we begin |
| 2:05.4 | and we really dive into your story. |
| 2:07.1 | But you have four children and ages around five months, your baby, to 13. |
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