Tag Archives: dropping anchors

Adoption Stories: Post 2

Posted on November 29, 2016 by caseyholly

Read post 1 here. Enjoy. ❤ Leslie Crosby: “After finalizing our son’s adoption in 2012, we provided short term foster placements for five sweet babes. A second adoption was very clearly placed on our hearts, and we were placed with … Continue reading →

Adoption Stories: Post 1

Posted on November 28, 2016 by caseyholly

During the month of November, we collected several adoption stories to celebrate National Adoption Month. Over the next few days, we will share them broken into several different posts. We hope you enjoy reading these as much as we have! … Continue reading →

Posted in adoption, foster care, Uncategorized | Tagged adoption, adoption day, dropping anchors, family, finalization, forever family, foster care, foster care awareness, foster care blog, foster care help, foster children, foster parenting, foster to adopt, love wins, national adoption day, trusting God | 1 Comment

National Adoption Day 2016

Posted on November 19, 2016 by caseyholly

Today we celebrate National Adoption Day. It’s a day to help grow awareness for children in the foster care system waiting for adoption and celebrate those children who are now part of their forever families. There are currently more than … Continue reading →

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What to Expect When Your Adult Child Becomes a Foster Parent

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Guest Post by Brian Herzog, father of Dropping Anchors Mama Stephanie Hagen It is definitely a mixed bag of emotions to watch your child enter into foster parenting. There’s the incredible pride to know your adult child is doing something … Continue reading →

Posted in Dads Take Over, foster care, Guest Post, Uncategorized | Tagged adoption, bonding, Dad, dropping anchors, expecting, faith, family, fear, forever family, foster care, foster care blog, foster children, foster parenting, heartbreak, hope, love wins, memories, trusting God | 1 Comment

The Toughest Words For This Foster Dad to Hear: “I Don’t Know How You Do It”

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over Series: Post by Trent Friberg There were a lot of question marks, a lot of unknowns, when we first decided to do this thing called foster care. If I’m honest, I had a lot … Continue reading →

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Just For This Moment Dad

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over series: Post by Shane Palmer Hello little one, It’s me, your “just for this moment” dad. You remember, don’t you? I’m that guy whose house they brought you to and said, “Here, this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Dads Take Over, foster care, Guest Post | Tagged bonding, Dad, dropping anchors, faith, family, Father's Day, foster care, foster care blog, foster children, foster dad, foster parenting, heartbreak, hope, love wins, memories, prayer, remembering, trusting God | 3 Comments

How Foster Care Wrecked Me

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over Series: Post by Trent Friberg I used to think that if I concentrated hard enough, I might be able to turn the light off in my room while still lying in my bed. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Dads Take Over, events, foster care, Guest Post | Tagged aging out, court, courtroom, dropping anchors, faith, family, foster care, foster care blog, foster care help, foster children, foster dad, foster parenting, heartbreak, hope, love wins | 1 Comment

Our Journey

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

Part of the Dads Take Over Series: Post by Jason Daniels Throughout our foster care journey we waited for this day, the day of finalization. We started down our foster care journey with this as our goal, to finalize an … Continue reading →

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Daddy’s Little Girl

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Alisha Palmer

This past week at work I had three 3rd grade girls in my office together. The oldest saw a picture of my daughters and exclaimed, “They look NOTHING like you!” I explained that is because they are Hispanic and I … Continue reading →