Fan Favorite: Life in Foster Care—What It’s Really Like (w/ Tori Petersen)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In terms of foster care, my guest has experienced it all. She entered foster care at age four and then reunited with her mom only to be removed from her mother’s care again. In total, she had twelve placements, lived in a group home, and would finally make the decision to emancipate.
Tori Petersen is a bestselling author, national speaker, and Bible teacher. She shares her testimony and life as authentically as possible to help and offer hope to others. Tori is known for her fierce advocacy work for foster care, adoption, and vulnerable children. At home, she is a wife and mama, who deeply values family, community, and hospitality.
In this episode, Tori shares what life was like as a young child, the ups and downs of her life in foster care, positive aspects of her experience that made a lasting impact on her life, how she found hope for the future, and much more.
Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/foster-care-tori-petersen/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | I heard so many stories that were like mine and unlike mine. And I realized there that when we see |
| 0:20.3 | people do hurtful things, it's often because they've been hurt the most. |
| 0:27.7 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast, where we are highlighting the stories of |
| 0:33.2 | the people of foster care. With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster |
| 0:39.1 | care community. We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support |
| 0:44.5 | the agency workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where |
| 0:50.4 | you live. If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, |
| 0:57.0 | or partner with us on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to the forgotten |
| 1:02.3 | initiative.org. |
| 1:04.5 | We are in this together. |
| 1:06.6 | Okay, it is time. |
| 1:08.5 | Let's do this. |
| 1:22.6 | Hey friends, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome to the Forgotten Podcast. We are taking a short break this month from sharing new content because we want to re-release your favorite episodes of all time. During the month of |
| 1:29.8 | September, listen along and find answers to your common questions. Questions like, when is the |
| 1:35.8 | perfect time to start fostering? What if my current parenting techniques aren't working? What's it like |
| 1:41.4 | to have your child removed from you? What does it feel like to be a child |
| 1:46.3 | in foster care? And finally, how do you make the decision to say no as a foster parent? Now, |
| 1:53.3 | whether or not you've heard these episodes before, we are excited for you to be encouraged, |
| 1:58.3 | equipped, and find hope. You don't have to do this journey alone. |
| 2:03.2 | We will be back with brand new content in October. For now, please enjoy these fan favorite episodes. |
| 2:11.4 | Tori, you entered foster care when you were only four years old, but over the course of your |
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