Episode 58: More to Me: Foster Care Through the Eyes of a Teen

The Forgotten Podcast

The Forgotten Initiative

Christian, Kids & Family, Fostercare, Family, Adoption

4.9 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Saty Cornelius grew up in a fostering family—her parents have fostered more than 50 children. She is one of seven children, including three sisters through adoption. Knowing, hearing and living the stories of some of her foster siblings gave her incredible insight into the trauma, struggles and sometimes unexpected emotions kids in care often experience. The combination of her dream to write a book and her personal connection and passion for foster care has resulted in More to Me, a fictional, but very realistic, story of a teen girl and her younger siblings who find themselves navigating the confusion of foster care.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community.
0:11.0	It's been so rewarding to see not only us impacting their lives, but them impacting ours, because you just have a whole different perspective,
0:21.8	living the life that like alongside them.
0:25.8	So they're going through all this stuff and they're so strong because of it.
0:30.8	And you know that for some reason that just inspires you to become stronger
0:35.0	and for you to, you know, be able to be more impactful for other people as well.
0:50.8	Hello and welcome to The Forgotten Podcast. I'm Jamie Cabe and I am really happy to be with you today. We are going to talk about teenagers in foster care. My guest, Sadie Cornelius, is the author of a brand new book called More to Me. And it goes through the life of Bree and her siblings and their experiences in foster care.
1:14.8	Sadie is a wife, an adventurer with a strong love for Jesus, the ocean, and chai tea lattes.
1:22.1	She appreciates the value of story, messy, or inspiring, real or fiction, and has a dream of helping people find
1:30.1	their worth through the power of these stories.
1:33.2	Sadie also grew up as a sister to many kids who came in and out of their home through foster
1:39.1	care.
1:40.0	Her parents have actually fostered over 50 kids throughout their lives and are still fostering at this stage.
1:47.4	So she is going to bring personal experience of what it was like to grow up in a fostering family,
1:53.0	as well as we're going to talk about her great book that you guys are going to want to read.
1:58.0	You can subscribe to this podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and that way you
2:02.6	will never miss an episode. Also, head over to our show notes at the forgotteninitiative.org
2:07.8	slash S5E8 for Season 5 Episode 8. There you will find out more about Sadie, the show, and links to her
2:16.7	book, and where you can connect with her. All right, let's go now to my interview with Sadie, the show, and links to her book and where you can connect with her.
2:19.3	All right, let's go now to my interview with Sadie Cornelius.
2:29.2	So, Sadie, thanks for being on today.
2:31.4	I'm really excited to talk to you about your life experiences growing up in a family that fostered, but also about the book that you have written called More to Me. So we're going to kind of start talking about the book, but then we're going to go to your life and then we're going to go back to the book. Okay. So what prompted you to write this book in the very first place. Oh, that's a good question. So basically,
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