Dream Small Podcast

<p>Summer is supposed to be the season of slowing down, making memories, and enjoying extra time together as a family.</p><p>But for many foster, adoptive, and biological families, summer can quickly feel overwhelming...

<p>What Happened After We Said Yes To Foster Care</p><p>Eight years ago, we said yes to foster care.</p><p>At the time, we had no idea how much that simple decision would change our lives. We couldn't have imagined the...

<p>What happens to children in the hours after they enter foster care?</p><p>Most people never think about it.</p><p>They picture courtrooms, foster homes, case workers, and placements. But before any of that happens...

<p>May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and in this episode we wanted to do something different.</p><p>Instead of only sharing our own thoughts, we asked foster parents what they wish everyone else understood about...

<p>What is it really like to be a foster care case worker?</p><p>In this powerful and emotional conversation, we sit down with former Indiana DCS case worker, foster/adoptive mom, and child advocate Moriah Coons to talk...

<p>Foster care was never meant to be done alone.</p><p>In this episode, we kick off Foster Care Awareness Month with a conversation that is both deeply personal and incredibly practical. After years of fostering, one...

<p>The Real Life of Foster Care: What People Don’t See</p><p>May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and while a lot of people are familiar with the idea of foster care, far fewer understand what it actually looks like...

<p>Life Update / Conversation Setup</p><p>This week, we sit down with Josh Cortez, pastor at Westfield Friends Church and foster dad of nearly eight years. He and his wife have had over 10 kids in their home, and their...

<p>Disrupting a foster placement is one of the hardest and most painful parts of foster care, and it is something people rarely talk about honestly.</p><p>In this episode, Jason and Whitney open up about the...

<p>In this episode, Jason and Whitney talk about their unexpected journey into medically fragile foster care and how quickly their lives changed when they said yes to what they thought would be a short, simple...

<p>If your church, conference, or organization would like Jason and Whitney to speak about foster care, adoption, or living a meaningful life through small acts of faithfulness, you can contact them at...

<p>If your church, conference, or organization would like Jason and Whitney to speak about foster care, adoption, or living a meaningful life through small acts of faithfulness, you can contact them at...

<p>Foster care is built around one painful reality that many people don't talk about: goodbye is the goal.</p><p>In this episode of the Dream Small Podcast, Jason and Whitney open up about the different kinds of...

<p>Episode Summary</p><p>Marriage is hard. Add kids. Add trauma. Add foster care. Add special needs. Now multiply the stress.</p><p>In this episode of the Dream Small Podcast, Jason and Whitney talk honestly about what...

<p>Adoption day is often imagined as a magical finish line. A perfect moment where everything suddenly changes. But the reality is both simpler and deeper than that.</p><p>In this deeply personal episode of the Dream...