Episode 62: Supporting, Loving and Going Above and Beyond for Biological Parents
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Jamie Finn started fostering because she wanted to “rescue kids who had terrible parents.” She was immediately humbled with her first placement when she realized that she wasn’t all that different than the biological parents of the child she was caring for—it was only the grace of God that separated her decisions from their decisions. God began to change her heart and her mission regarding foster care and biological parents. Listen in to learn how she works to support, love and go above and beyond for her kids’ biological parents!
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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 easy to look at someone's choices and just see the choice and think that is wrong and that's unloving. |
| 0:25.6 | But then when you start to see the full story, it really started to change my heart. |
| 0:35.2 | Hello and welcome to the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm your host, Jamie Cave, and I am so happy to be here with you. |
| 0:47.5 | My guest is Jamie Finn of Foster the Family Blog in the Real Mom podcast. And Jamie describes her blog as one mom's lighthearted musings and heavier broodings on foster care, gospel-centered parenting, |
| 0:53.4 | and mission-focused family. |
| 0:55.6 | But before we get into the interview, I want to make sure you have subscribed to our podcast. |
| 1:00.9 | Now is a great time to do this if you haven't, and you can do that wherever you listen. |
| 1:06.2 | Today's episode is our last episode of Season 5. |
| 1:10.0 | On December 3rd, we'll be bringing back an episode from |
| 1:13.6 | earlier this season with my friend and TFI advocate Angie Grant, where we talked about how to |
| 1:19.6 | navigate the hard goodbyes in foster care. And then on December 17th, we will be airing |
| 1:25.2 | another encore episode from an earlier season of the podcast. |
| 1:29.3 | And then we will be back with all new content on January 14th, 2019. Can you believe that? |
| 1:37.6 | 2019. Oh, my goodness. So, be sure to subscribe. And one last thing, you can find any resources or contact information mentioned today in our show notes at the forgotten initiative.org slash s5E12 for season 5, episode 12. |
| 1:55.2 | All right, let's go to my interview with Jamie Finn. |
| 2:05.2 | Okay. interview with Jamie Finn. Well, Jamie, you and your husband, Alan, have been foster parents for over five years. |
| 2:11.3 | You're an adoptive mom, you're a bio mom, and you're a foster mom. |
| 2:14.8 | But we're going to really talk about the fostering journey for you. |
| 2:18.5 | So tell me and tell our listeners, why did you first become a foster parent in the first place? |
| 2:23.7 | Well, the answer for why I became a foster parent in the first place is very different from the |
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