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08/11/2025

ADOPTING OLDER CHILDREN 🖤🦊💀🖤

08/11/2025

There is a stigma that comes with adopting teens. They are “too old for connection”. They won’t see you as mom or dad, but as a parental unit. You’ve already missed too much. There isn’t enough time to build a relationship before they are adults. Then they will just leave. The days aren’t always easy. We don’t always agree on everything. But then there are moments like these, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world.

When we started the foster care process I would have never dreamed of fostering older kids...and definitely never a teenager. We wanted to foster babies. And an older child scared us. The unknowns of what they had experienced made us fear taking placement of kids older than 4! We used the excuse that we had never been parents before, and that our home wasn’t set up properly, and truth is, we just didn’t want to do something that made us uncomfortable. And boy is it uncomfortable. And now, I feel so unworthy to be blessed with the uncomfortable. I’m thankful that even when I think I have a plan for my life, God knows what is best for me!

And what’s best for me is watching “The Voice” and making it a completion on who can pick who the judge will pick first, head rested against mine. And knowing that this “teenager” isn’t just a teenager, but HE is our SON! ❤️

08/08/2025

08/08/2025

Home is where the heart is....

08/02/2025

It’s been 3 years since our community gave us the gift of our Subaru — and we’re still feeling the ripple.

Through the generosity of Society, Subaru, and Village, this gift became so much more than a vehicle. It became a lifeline.

In the last 3 years, our Subaru has made:

🚗 Hundreds of hours spent driving aged-out youth to jobs, court dates, and safe places
🍼 Countless grocery runs, diaper deliveries, and middle-of-the-night emergency pickups
✈️ One trip to Mexico to bring one of our kids safely home
👶 At least 4 newborns brought home from the hospital
💛 And countless reminders that we are deeply supported by our village💛

We’re still so grateful.
Thank you, Riptide.
Thank you, Austin Subaru.
Thank you, Foster Village.
And thank you to every person who keeps showing up — your impact goes further than you know.



You can watch a little about our story here:

Austin Subaru, Foster Village, and Riptide Society.org team up to donate a car to a foster mom in need and then spend an amazing day on the water.Where else ...

08/02/2025

🚨 Something new is growing… 🌱

For years, our home has quietly stood in the gap for young adults aging out of foster care or navigating crisis transitions—offering safety, belonging, and someone to walk beside them when it mattered most.

Now, we’re planting deeper roots and building something bigger.

Hope Homes will soon launch under [super excited to share soon], and we’re so excited to finally begin sharing what’s been unfolding behind the scenes.

Our mission is simple but sacred:
🏠 Be family on the frontline.

That means showing up with short-term and emergency housing, trauma-informed case management, and consistent relational support for youth who’ve often been let down by systems meant to protect them.

Our vision reaches far beyond one address.
We’re raising up a network of safe, responsive homes—places that interrupt cycles of trauma and restore hope, one young person at a time.

✨ Stay tuned—we’ll be sharing more soon about what’s coming next, how you can get involved, and why we believe this matters now more than ever.