Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy podcast. I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

Each week on this show, I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life, the little things in life, and everything in between.

Hey friends and welcome to the fourth and final episode in our series about foster care month, which is happening in the month of May.

I really hope that this four part series have been informative to you. I hope it has created empathy within you and I hope that you're able to look around.

And maybe love those better who are in a situation that involves foster care or adoption just through hearing the words of the people that we've had on our show speak about it.

Today on the show is Whitney Furr and Whitney lives in Colorado with her husband and dogs and Whitney came on to talk about her journey and what it is look like for her to place her child for adoption nine years ago.

This is an important conversation because there are a lot of narratives about birth parents that simply are not true. There's a lot of narratives around birth parents that have been created from ideas that we might have from TV shows or movies.

And Whitney and I have a really honest conversation about that. She says some things that I will probably never forget about what it was like for her to place her child for adoption.

And so this is an important conversation for us all because like she says in here chances are you know someone who has placed their child for adoption. If you missed any of our other episodes.

We have Jamie Fenn from foster the family organization. We have Tori Hope Peterson who wrote a book entitled fostered which releases in August and she's a foster care survivor.

And just on Wednesday we had Patoya Hall who is a foster turned adoptive mom and lives here in Texas with her daughter.

Guys don't forget we're going to have information for you up on the website Jamie ivy dot com slash foster. If you go there not only you're going to find information about all of the episodes that we had today but we're also going to share resources and other conversations that we've had on the happy hour.

That would be applicable to you wanting to learn more about foster care and or adoption. So check it out. It's Jamie ivy dot com slash foster friends. I would love it if you would share about the show.

It the best way that people find out about this podcast is by friends telling them about it. Take a screenshot. Send it to your friend. Text them and tell them about it. Maybe you have friends in the foster care world and you think these four episodes are going to be great for them.

We would love it if you shared it with your friends and one of the best ways to do that is by leaving us a rating and or review over on iTunes. It really helps people find the podcasts when we see the things that you are sharing with your friends.

You guys we just been celebrating all week about the podcast course that we're creating and you guys have asked so many questions and you want to know about now. I will tell you number one. It's not ready yet.

But it is coming and we're so excited about it to stay up to date. Go to Jamie ivy dot com slash courses. That's Jamie ivy dot com slash courses. There you can sign up to know exactly when the podcast course is released and you will not miss a thing if you sign up there.

So go to Jamie ivy dot com slash courses to get all the information about our upcoming podcast course. All right friends. My conversation with me is one you do not want to miss. Here she is and don't forget all the information about all these shows is at Jamie ivy dot com slash foster.

Whitney welcome to the happy hour.

Hi, thanks so much for having me, Jamie. Well, I'm excited about having you. You are finishing up our four part series for foster awareness month and we've been talking with some amazing women about just adoption and foster care and and what that has looked like in their personal lives. Everyone has their own story and their own journey.

So I'm glad to have you here to finish us out. And the reason that we ask you to come on here is because nine years ago you placed your son for adoption. And so we wanted to make sure because I believe it's important to have voices from every part of the adoption triad. And so thank you for coming on and sharing your story.

And before we jump into your story, just introduce yourself to all the people listening.

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