Casey is my daughter. She is one of the 5 kids I had long-term in foster care from age 10. She is so brave and strong and I’m so proud of her for sharing her experience in foster care, how it’s still impacting her, as well as her parenting.   

Continuously running away, putting herself in a mental health facility to stay safe and healthy since she couldn’t come “home” to my house. She knew she needed support to move forward in her life.   

We discuss getting pregnant at 16 and how that impacted leaving the foster care system, and how the situation for 6 years has impacted us the next 17 and not in a good way.  She is brave and strong and - yes - I cried.

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