When you wish upon a star……is it ever granted? When you close your eyes…just what is it you are wishing for ? Is it for yourself? Your children? What would you say if I told you that a wish can be and is granted every 40 minutes of every day, to a child with fragile…
Children in the foster care system have typically already survived significant trauma or abuse, but as they grow older and approach aging out of the system, they face even more difficult odds. Children who reach 18 and adulthood in the foster care system without being adopted or having any family or mentor of their own…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, the time for celebrating love. As we do so, what better way to show love than to do so toward those who desperately need it. Instead of the boring, traditional Valentine’s ideas like chocolates and jewelry, how about one of these unique gift ideas that will show your…
For the past eight weeks, I have been working with a great organization called Mending Kids International. Mending Kids brings children from around the world to the Los Angeles area for life saving surgeries. My husband and I have been foster parents to an amazing five year old little girl from Ecuador. Her name is…
I have had this dream since I was eighteen. I was a single Mom of a one year old and a newborn. I wanted to help others who were not as lucky as I was. I wanted all pregnant teens to have the same support, knowledge, and belief in self that I did. So now,…