Episode 230: From Foster Care to Motherhood: A Redemption Story (w/ Tash Haynes)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
If a child in the foster care system spent 18 years in the same home, you might assume that they developed a strong sense of belonging within the family. But unfortunately, this is not always the case.
When Tash Haynes was born, her biological mother was unable to raise a child due to a mental disability. Fortunately, Tash was taken in by a family—but after growing up in their house until she aged out of the foster care system, Tash felt that although her basic needs had been met, her emotional needs had not.
Today, Tash is a renowned content creator, a community builder, and a mother of three girls. She is beyond proud of the family and career she’s been able to build despite the obstacles life has thrown her way.
In this episode, Tash gets candid about why it’s crucial to make sure children in foster care feel a sense of belonging, how showing her own daughters love is helping to heal the little girl inside of her, how God’s redemptive character has been on display in her life, and so much more.
Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/tash-haynes-230/
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:03.5 | This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:05.5 | The woman whose home I grew up in, I called her my grandmother. |
| 0:09.1 | She always kept these big, huge family albums. |
| 0:11.8 | And I remember, like, looking through these albums, but there were never any pictures of me. |
| 0:17.1 | I was a part of these memories, but I was, like, not really there. |
| 0:30.6 | And I say that that shapes me because I'm a photographer now, and I realize now that as I look back, that moment of feeling like there was no story of me or no history of me or I didn't belong. Like, I've spent the last 30 years, like making sure that I had a story to tell that it was documented, that it was important |
| 0:39.4 | and then helping other people document their stories. |
| 0:42.2 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:43.6 | Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast where we are highlighting the stories of the people |
| 0:48.3 | of foster care. |
| 0:49.8 | With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 0:55.4 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency |
| 1:00.5 | workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. |
| 1:07.1 | If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or partner |
| 1:13.3 | with us on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to the forgotten initiative.org. |
| 1:20.6 | We are in this together. Thank you for listening and engaging with us. We love having you as part of our family. Okay, it is time. |
| 1:31.1 | Let's do this. Well, Tash Haynes is my guest on the podcast today. And prior to becoming a |
| 1:41.3 | multifaceted professional, you have a lot of things on your resume, Tash, |
| 1:46.4 | but you're also married to Ike and a mother of three |
| 1:49.7 | and a community builder. |
| 1:52.2 | But prior to all of that, |
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