Episode 87: Beyond Exhaustion: Creating Breathing Room as a Foster Parent
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Sitting down to talk with Sandra Stanley this week was a privilege!
She and Andy have journeyed down this road of foster care for the past ten years and have so much wisdom to share because of it. Much like my own story, they became aware of the need to care for children in their own backyard, and this awareness led them to action. We see this all the time at TFI—awareness leads to action. Sandra shares that the road has been bumpy, filled with moments that have left their hearts both broken and encouraged. As foster parents, we come to this journey so hopeful, so ready to help and love, and yet when there is no margin— when the uncertainty overtakes you—it is easy to feel hopeless. Sandra offers hope in our conversation. We can create space in our lives so that we are not overtaken by this hopelessness. We can live and serve with joy.
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I think that it is so much easier to become discouraged and to lose the joy when we are |
| 0:17.0 | lone rangers in this journey. We can't do it alone. Hey, it's Jamie Cave. Welcome to |
| 0:25.4 | Season 8 of the Forgotten podcast. Whether you're here for the first time or the 90th time, |
| 0:31.2 | we are so glad you've come to this space with us. If you are part of the foster care community, |
| 0:37.0 | passionate about serving, or simply |
| 0:39.1 | interested in learning more, today's conversation with my guest, Sandra Stanley, is for you. |
| 0:46.3 | We are talking about breathing room. Is your calendar already filling up? Are you starting to |
| 0:52.4 | feel overwhelmed where exhaustion has become your normal? |
| 0:56.3 | This is your reset. Yes, it is okay to have a reset. Join us today as we talk about how to create |
| 1:04.5 | space in our busy lives so that we can live and serve with joy. Before we head to the interview, know that you can find links to connect with Sandra, |
| 1:14.9 | helpful resources, takeaways from today's show, and all our past episodes at |
| 1:19.6 | the Forgottenpodcast.org. |
| 1:22.0 | And while you're there, I invite you to sign up to receive weekly encouragement and updates. |
| 1:27.1 | This includes things like new blog posts, |
| 1:29.3 | podcast show notes, and free resources from us. Sign up for your weekly encouragement at |
| 1:35.5 | the forgotten podcast.org. And I would love it if you would share today's episode with your people |
| 1:41.1 | and tag us on Facebook and Instagram when you do. All right, let's go now to my |
| 1:46.9 | conversation with Sandra. When people enter foster care, they do so because they care |
| 1:57.3 | about hurting kids. They want to make a difference. And as Christians, we know that God |
| 2:02.8 | is a God of redemption and oh how we want to be part of his redemption story. But foster care is not |
| 2:10.8 | easy. Loving kids who have experienced trauma, bringing new children into your family, learning to work with their birth parents. |
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