Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten podcast.

I heard so many stories that were like mine and unlike mine.

And I realized there that when we see people do hurtful things, it's often because they've been hurt the most.

Hey, it's Jamie Cave. Welcome to the Forgotten podcast. Whether you are part of the foster care

community, passionate about serving, or simply interested in learning more, we are here for you.

Today we are talking with my guest, Tori Peterson. Tori is full of hope, and yet her years in and out of

foster care felt like anything but that until Christ and the local church met her in her heartache.

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Tori, you entered foster care when you were only four years old, but over the course of your entire childhood, you were placed in and out of the system. Even in this, God has brought

redemption and hope in your story, and I am so thankful to have you on the show to share with us.

To start, can you just share some of your first memories of childhood?

I remember my mom and I lived in a big house with one of her boyfriends, and he had a big

piano, and I remember sitting with him, and he would play the piano for me.

I would watch Scooby-Doo.

So I felt like living life as a pretty normal kid.

I had a computer.

Wow.

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