Episode 279: Space in Our Hearts and in Our Homes (w/ Crystal Paine)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Foster care has a way of changing how we see the world. It asks us to step into hard places, stay present, and let God reshape our perspective. For our latest guest, that’s meant gaining a richer perspective on biological parents, a deeper appreciation for the beauty and challenges of caring for children with disabilities, and so much more.
Crystal Paine and her husband have been foster parents to two precious children—one who was medically fragile and reunified with his biological mom, and one who was born premature with significant disabilities, whom they later adopted. Crystal is passionate about supporting biological parents, advocating for children with disabilities, and living out the Gospel through foster care and adoption.
In this episode, Crystal shares about leaning on our faith when we’re facing challenges that can be intimidating, how we can be intentional about offering dignity and grace to biological parents, some of the unique aspects of fostering a child with disabilities, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | I was so scared to meet her because I was so angry with her. And I just prayed and prayed and |
| 0:13.2 | like God, help me to love her like you love her. Help me to see her like you see her because I'm just |
| 0:17.6 | angry with her right now. And I just kept praying that. And I didn't feel |
| 0:21.1 | that at first. I felt so awkward. I felt so uncomfortable. But I just kept praying that. And God just |
| 0:27.6 | started softening my heart. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome to the Forgotten Podcast, where we are |
| 0:34.7 | highlighting the stories of the people of foster care. We want to bring you |
| 0:39.3 | hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the foster care community where you live. |
| 0:45.5 | This podcast is a resource of the Forgotten Initiative. Learn more about our work across America |
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| 1:07.9 | Okay, it's time. Let's do this. Crystal Payne and her husband have been foster parents to two precious children, one who was |
| 1:28.5 | medically fragile and reunified with his mom, and one who was born prematurely with significant |
| 1:35.6 | disabilities whom they later adopted. |
| 1:38.9 | She is passionate about supporting bio-parents, advocating for kids with disabilities, and living out the gospel through |
| 1:46.1 | foster care and adoption. Now, you may know Crystal as money-saving mom or as the host of |
| 1:53.7 | the Crystal Payne Show, where she shares encouragement and practical wisdom for families. |
| 1:59.5 | Today, we're really going to spend time talking about her journey |
| 2:02.8 | as a foster and adoptive mom, Crystal. Thank you so much for being on. Welcome. |
| 2:07.9 | Thank you so much for having me. This is a topic that I'm so passionate about, and so I love to |
| 2:11.7 | get to share because it's a little bit different than most things that I do. Thank you. |
| 2:16.7 | Yeah, well, so happy to have you. And we're just going to start |
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