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Confessions of an Adoptive Parent: Hope and Help from the Trenches of Foster Care and Adoption
Know That You Are Not Alone on This Journey
Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a children with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day.
Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular parenting role—because he's been there. He's still there, and he wants to give you the hope and encouragement you so desperately need.
There are plenty of how-to guides out there on parenting, but this one-of-a-kind book is specifically designed to address your needs as a parent of an adopted or foster child. With a refreshing dose of honesty, empathy, and care, you'll discover you are definitely not alone on your journey and God has a very special plan for you and your family.
Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a children with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day.
Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular parenting role—because he's been there. He's still there, and he wants to give you the hope and encouragement you so desperately need.
There are plenty of how-to guides out there on parenting, but this one-of-a-kind book is specifically designed to address your needs as a parent of an adopted or foster child. With a refreshing dose of honesty, empathy, and care, you'll discover you are definitely not alone on your journey and God has a very special plan for you and your family.
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October 27, 2018
This book is only useful if you are REALLY FUCKIN' CHRISTIAN. It's basically a Christian self-help book with a thin layer of foster care on top. All the examples are from the Bible and he makes fostering and adopting sound like an endless emotional hellscape with very few redeeming points. Anyone looking for practical tips or advice on how to handle your emotions as a parent will find very little. His book boils down to God and hope, which is both repetitive and tired.
I can see this book appealing to a certain kind of foster/adoptive parent who believes that they have been chosen by God or something and wants a slim volume to validate their narrow worldview, but if you haven't drank the kool aid, best leave this particular book to preach to the choir.
I can see this book appealing to a certain kind of foster/adoptive parent who believes that they have been chosen by God or something and wants a slim volume to validate their narrow worldview, but if you haven't drank the kool aid, best leave this particular book to preach to the choir.
February 8, 2018
Really this book could have been a poster with a couple of bullet points.
-You are not alone
-There is hope
-Find friends
The book was incredibly redundant on these topics.
I also feel the author chose an incredibly odd biblical example to base much of his book upon, but for somewhat different reasons than he tried to predefend in the text. This is a book written within the framework of foster care. He is bemoaning bio parents and the choices they make that harm their children alongside the tale of Job, in which God (the Heavenly Father) tortures his child and kills others of his children on a bet with a bad guy to prove a point? If a bio parent committed these acts, we'd want nothing more than to protect that child. This is supposed to be used to illustrate the support group sitting and sympathizing with Job and the blind faith he is supposed to have. All I can think when I read it is maybe what Job needed was not people to sit with him. Maybe what Job needed was a foster parent.
This weird standard of arbitrarily looking the other way and condemning acts continues in this book. Later on the same page, the author both talks about how his child who physically harms his family is not hopeless and how he will never give up on him and God made him perfectly while in the same breath condemning the young man his daughter is in an abusive relationship with as toxic and needing to be gotten as far away from as possible. As a human do I understand this? Yes, he is acting out of love and defending his own. In a book does it seem well thought out? Not at all. Your daughter loves the young man (or thinks she does). She sees you put up with the abuse of your other child and allow it to be enacted on her and others. What's the young man's history? Why is he just assigned as bad? At what point does the victim irreversibly become the perpetrator?
Mostly this book just incredibly disappointed me. Is it nice to know others have similar experiences and feelings? Of course. But this is a book review and I don't think the content really has a leg to stand on.
Also, I have only one child with only minor needs and for a time had a FS with severe needs simultaneously and cannot fathom carving out the time to write a book and travel extensively to conferences. How on earth did this guy do it (and not his first book!) with eight super high needs kiddos?!
-You are not alone
-There is hope
-Find friends
The book was incredibly redundant on these topics.
I also feel the author chose an incredibly odd biblical example to base much of his book upon, but for somewhat different reasons than he tried to predefend in the text. This is a book written within the framework of foster care. He is bemoaning bio parents and the choices they make that harm their children alongside the tale of Job, in which God (the Heavenly Father) tortures his child and kills others of his children on a bet with a bad guy to prove a point? If a bio parent committed these acts, we'd want nothing more than to protect that child. This is supposed to be used to illustrate the support group sitting and sympathizing with Job and the blind faith he is supposed to have. All I can think when I read it is maybe what Job needed was not people to sit with him. Maybe what Job needed was a foster parent.
This weird standard of arbitrarily looking the other way and condemning acts continues in this book. Later on the same page, the author both talks about how his child who physically harms his family is not hopeless and how he will never give up on him and God made him perfectly while in the same breath condemning the young man his daughter is in an abusive relationship with as toxic and needing to be gotten as far away from as possible. As a human do I understand this? Yes, he is acting out of love and defending his own. In a book does it seem well thought out? Not at all. Your daughter loves the young man (or thinks she does). She sees you put up with the abuse of your other child and allow it to be enacted on her and others. What's the young man's history? Why is he just assigned as bad? At what point does the victim irreversibly become the perpetrator?
Mostly this book just incredibly disappointed me. Is it nice to know others have similar experiences and feelings? Of course. But this is a book review and I don't think the content really has a leg to stand on.
Also, I have only one child with only minor needs and for a time had a FS with severe needs simultaneously and cannot fathom carving out the time to write a book and travel extensively to conferences. How on earth did this guy do it (and not his first book!) with eight super high needs kiddos?!
January 29, 2018
This book was very timely in my life as an adoptive parent and the overriding theme that "you are not alone" was felt throughout the book. I recommend it to any adoptive parent who is dealing with any type of struggle with their child. This is NOT a "5 Steps to a Better Life" type book, or a book telling you everything you are doing wrong. It is more like a breath of fresh air. I cried as I read part of the book and could certainly relate to the struggles the author refers to, though not exactly the same as mine.
The adoption process is much like the front end of a tornado, then the calm when you think the storm is over sets in and you relax a bit, but the back end of the storm comes and is even more intense as it stirs up the debris and slams it around. Post-adoption storms don't always seem so "in the news" in our churches and communities and parents may not feel as supported as in the adoption process, suddenly they look around and find all or most of the support they had initially has vanished. The "you are not alone" theme carried throughout the book is sorely needed in the post-adoption arena and I am so thankful for Mike Berry and his team for producing this book.
The adoption process is much like the front end of a tornado, then the calm when you think the storm is over sets in and you relax a bit, but the back end of the storm comes and is even more intense as it stirs up the debris and slams it around. Post-adoption storms don't always seem so "in the news" in our churches and communities and parents may not feel as supported as in the adoption process, suddenly they look around and find all or most of the support they had initially has vanished. The "you are not alone" theme carried throughout the book is sorely needed in the post-adoption arena and I am so thankful for Mike Berry and his team for producing this book.
March 3, 2018
Mike Berry is the real deal as a fellow adoptive/foster parent and delivers healthy doses of empathy, hope, and encouragement in this book. If you find yourself anywhere on this journey and are asking questions about whether you’re the only one, I recommend you read this book. Not a how-to book on adoption (there are plenty of these resources), but fills a much-needed gap in life-giving to anyone who is also “in the trenches” and reminds us of truths we may not have realized we’d forgotten. I appreciate Mike’s authenticity in sharing about his family’s own experiences and the secret thoughts so few are willing to say out loud. Me too, brother. Me too.
March 23, 2018
This book has been such an encouragement during a difficult time in our foster/adopt experience. Mike speaks directly from his personal experience and meets readers where they are--"in the wreckage of their life". It is filled not only with practical advice from someone who has lived through the daily struggles that adoption brings, but also encouragement that readers are not alone on this journey. I highly recommend it to everyone who has or currently is fostering/adopting, those looking into these options, and friends and family seeking to support someone on this journey.
March 16, 2019
I really enjoyed this book! It was more of a supportive book as you are going through this foster care and adoptive journey. Reminding us we are not alone, where we get our hope to hold on (Jesus) and shares stories. It was encouraging and I enjoyed reading it!
February 17, 2019
Very encouraging, but I was hoping for more practical advice.
June 18, 2021
It's pretty cool seeing a Christian guy demonstrate emotional availability/intelligence. I thought only Christian female authors quoted Brene Brown 🤣 Definitely very honest and encouraging.
January 24, 2018
THE BOOK ADOPTIVE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR - A transparent book for the adoptive family offering encouragement and community. Mike (and Kristin) Berry give families what they have always needed—knowledgeable friends who meet them where they are and compassionately commiserate with them, while helping them regain their footing when family issues have knocked them sideways. Combining unflinching adoption scenarios and Biblical insight, this book is refreshingly right-on-point. Perfect for self or group study. You will want to purchase additional copies for your fostering and adoptive family friends, and your church library. All I keep thinking to myself is “thank you.”
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March 13, 2018
This no holds barred memoir is the Berry's fostering and adoption odyssey. Why such honesty one might ask? Berry does himself no favours baring his heart to his readers. It appears that some of life's lessons can only be learnt experientially... This is particularly true of those rather messy, agonising, unrewarding, soul destroying, painful (Berry's words not mine) experiences on their epic journey. Though there were no laugh aloud moments, there were plenty of reminiscent smiles as one could identify with their aah moments and their gut wrenching letdowns. One gains valuable insight into not merely the monetary cost but also the huge emotional cost of fostering and adoption. Then there is the age-old question of why bring an outsider into ones home? In bravely sharing their epiphanical journey, Berry attempts to throw light on these and numerous other issues surrounding fostering and adoption. One cannot help but truly appreciate and understand the fostering-adoption journey. Furthermore, it serves as a splendid effort at garnering support for fostering. Indeed Berry gives adoption and fostering a whole new meaning. Yet there is more much more to this heartfelt memoir - a red thread running throughout his tale. One leaves it to Berry to enlighten his reader as he does a darn good job of it. Written by a Christian and from a Christian perspective he quotes liberally from the Lords Word. This may throw off non-Christian readers, which is a shame. For it is a valuable weapon a.k.a book in one's battles to ensure victory. Non-Christians should approach Berry's memoir much as if they would other non-fictional works that profusely quote from other philosophies without a second thought and read the text likewise for inspiration. Furthermore though written for those considering adoption and fostering this book will inspire anyone engaged in life's difficult battles. Like a shining beacon to ship wrecked souls tossed on the travails of life, a rope thrown out for the straggler at the end of their strength to grasp thus enabling one to renew, refresh, and encourage them on their onward journey that they may continue the fight with renewed vigour.
February 6, 2018
Foster parenting can be a lonely journey, and sometimes even with the best support system and friends, there are thoughts you still feel too scared to share. This book cuts right to the heart of a foster parent's greatest joys and hardest struggles. It validates in a way I've never felt from another human before, and gives the freedom to live life in the midst of the struggle.
The best part though? It offers hope. Yes, validation in the struggle is helpful and important, but staying in that place doesn't bring about the peace your home so desperately needs. This book leads you to a place of understanding the big feelings, but doesn't leave you there.
Would HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone in the trenches of foster care/adoption, those considering it, and loved ones of people in either of those two categories. Very eye-opening, very inspiring, and full of hope!
The best part though? It offers hope. Yes, validation in the struggle is helpful and important, but staying in that place doesn't bring about the peace your home so desperately needs. This book leads you to a place of understanding the big feelings, but doesn't leave you there.
Would HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone in the trenches of foster care/adoption, those considering it, and loved ones of people in either of those two categories. Very eye-opening, very inspiring, and full of hope!
December 8, 2020
Firstly, this book is only helpful if you’re religious and maybe even a touch zealous about that religion. Secondly, this book was an outline of all the horrors of foster care & was not helpful or encouraging.
Thirdly, this book was REPETITIVE and dry.
The only good thing was that it allows one to take a good look into what are some of the possible challenges that come with fostering and then reflect on if they will want to walk that path. It doesn’t do a good job emphasizing why one should walk that path, but it shows what that path might look like.
Should’ve been titled Hope and Help from Jesus Christ >.>
Thirdly, this book was REPETITIVE and dry.
The only good thing was that it allows one to take a good look into what are some of the possible challenges that come with fostering and then reflect on if they will want to walk that path. It doesn’t do a good job emphasizing why one should walk that path, but it shows what that path might look like.
Should’ve been titled Hope and Help from Jesus Christ >.>
September 25, 2019
More like Preaching of an Adoptive Parent. I suppose people might find it useful if they are of the same conservative Christian background as the author (he mentions being interviewed by Focus on the Family, considered a hate group even by many liberal Christians). For the rest of us... Once you strip out the religious portions, what you're left with is a very basic message. Parenting children with trauma is hard, you will often feel in over your head, you may think you've made a mistake or want to give up, connecting with a support system of people who understand helps.
February 8, 2019
**Disclosure**This book was sent to me free of charge for my honest review from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
About the Book:
Know That You Are Not Alone on This Journey
Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a child with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day.
Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular parenting role—because he's been there. He's still there, and he wants to give you the hope and encouragement you so desperately need.
There are plenty of how-to guides out there on parenting, but this one-of-a-kind book is specifically designed to address your needs as a parent of an adopted or foster child. With a refreshing dose of honesty, empathy, and care, you'll discover you are definitely not alone on your journey and God has a very special plan for you and your family.
My Review:
So whether or not you are an adoptive parent or foster parent there is tons to learn from the author. He has had struggles that he has taken from and to show us the in's and out's of something that could be amazing both in the eyes of the parent or the child.
I love the fact that the author recommends finding a support system from the community. I really do believe that sharing your struggles and successes with others really helps in the immediate and in the long run.
He offers you hope through all that he has learned but through Biblical teaching, as well. A great help!
About the Book:
Know That You Are Not Alone on This Journey
Adopting or fostering a child brings its own unique set of challenges only another parent facing the same uphill climb could possibly understand. From parenting children with traumatic pasts, to dealing with attachment issues, to raising a child with special needs, it can sometimes be a struggle just getting through the day.
Mike Berry knows the loneliness and isolation you can easily feel in your particular parenting role—because he's been there. He's still there, and he wants to give you the hope and encouragement you so desperately need.
There are plenty of how-to guides out there on parenting, but this one-of-a-kind book is specifically designed to address your needs as a parent of an adopted or foster child. With a refreshing dose of honesty, empathy, and care, you'll discover you are definitely not alone on your journey and God has a very special plan for you and your family.
My Review:
So whether or not you are an adoptive parent or foster parent there is tons to learn from the author. He has had struggles that he has taken from and to show us the in's and out's of something that could be amazing both in the eyes of the parent or the child.
I love the fact that the author recommends finding a support system from the community. I really do believe that sharing your struggles and successes with others really helps in the immediate and in the long run.
He offers you hope through all that he has learned but through Biblical teaching, as well. A great help!
January 25, 2018
As an adoptive mom, I had a very hard time finding a book that properly described the feelings that I experienced as we went through the adoption process. Most of the options were clinical in nature, or provided a very surface level look at the day-to-day life of adoptive families. In Confessions of An Adoptive Parent, the author is very open and honest about his experiences with adoption and foster care, allowing readers to connect and feel supported throughout the book. While he shares the challenges, he provides a level of hope that can only be offered by someone who has walked in the same shoes. No other author that I have read has been able to so perfectly capture the experience, good and bad, while still offering encouragement. This book not only validated my feelings, but it provided tangible suggestions on how to find hope in the challenging days.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone considering foster care or adoption, or for those who are have gone through the process and are working to stay afloat in the midst of the chaos. I would also encourage friends and family members of adoptive/foster families to read this to better understand their unspoken needs.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone considering foster care or adoption, or for those who are have gone through the process and are working to stay afloat in the midst of the chaos. I would also encourage friends and family members of adoptive/foster families to read this to better understand their unspoken needs.
September 19, 2018
I can’t decide exactly what rating to give this book. Some aspects I really liked and some I did not.
Aspects I liked:
-the author does a great job incorporating Christian and spiritual lessons to hardships and parenting struggles.
-the author wrote a book about fostering and adoption which gives potential adoptive/foster families perspective with a description of Berry’s personal experience and reality of adoption/fostering.
-provides some hard-to-hear truths about adoption/fostering, which may help prepare future adoptive/foster parents.
Aspects I didn’t like:
-it was a little discouraging for someone who is considering adopting/fostering. Perhaps Berry is just speaking truth to a fantasy fairy-tale I envision of adoption.
- this books leaves me with more questions (which may actually be a responsible next step for adopting/fostering).... maybe I shouldn’t adopt/foster until my younger biological children are out of her house. Are there any adoptive or fostering stories that don’t entail severe emotional and behavioral issues? As a first-time parent, I don’t think I’m equipped to handle the stories the author describes.... but are there other outcomes besides he difficult ones the author describes?
Aspects I liked:
-the author does a great job incorporating Christian and spiritual lessons to hardships and parenting struggles.
-the author wrote a book about fostering and adoption which gives potential adoptive/foster families perspective with a description of Berry’s personal experience and reality of adoption/fostering.
-provides some hard-to-hear truths about adoption/fostering, which may help prepare future adoptive/foster parents.
Aspects I didn’t like:
-it was a little discouraging for someone who is considering adopting/fostering. Perhaps Berry is just speaking truth to a fantasy fairy-tale I envision of adoption.
- this books leaves me with more questions (which may actually be a responsible next step for adopting/fostering).... maybe I shouldn’t adopt/foster until my younger biological children are out of her house. Are there any adoptive or fostering stories that don’t entail severe emotional and behavioral issues? As a first-time parent, I don’t think I’m equipped to handle the stories the author describes.... but are there other outcomes besides he difficult ones the author describes?
June 3, 2019
As someone considering adoption/foster care, this book has scared me out of any and all ambitions and hopes I might have had in that direction. While trying to relate and comfort those going through the difficulties of parenting children that aren't biologically "your own," the author talks about wishing he'd never began this journey, feeling hopeless, describing his "worst-case scenario kids" and about getting help in the "trenches" - yikes, so helping children in need is like fighting a war? This book was also very repetitive. Basically the main idea is "there is hope," "other's feel the same way you do," "find friends to help you through" - it was surprisingly lacking in Biblical references or application and very human-centered and "sensible, but worldly" advice. I can tell this guy has a big, kind, generous heart and just wants to hug all the foster parents out there, so I understand why he wrote this book - I just think it wasn't helpful to me.
September 25, 2023
After having read Keep the Door Open, I impulsively bought almost all of Kristin and Mike Berry’s books. This didn’t resonate with me for a lot of reasons. It was heavily religious, which isn’t for me. I also never felt like I understood the complexities of his relationship with his adoptive or foster children. It felt more like a book about him falling on the sword at all times. There was never a recovery period where I felt like I understood why he was on this journey, aside from having done it because his wife wanted to. I imagine he has / had very good intentions, but I worry about what his kids will feel reading this book. Some acknowledgement that there will be challenging times no matter how you came to be a parent, and no matter who your kids are would have been nice.
Two stars, just not for me
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Two stars, just not for me
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February 4, 2018
Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of an adoptive parent? Especially when a child is freaking out over what seems to be something small? Or how they make it through the day?
Are you that adoptive parent wondering if anyone understands what you are going through?
Mike answers those questions, and many more in this book.
Mike and his wife, Kristin, have adopted all eight of their children. Some of them have come from traumatic backgrounds, with related challenges.
Mike shares some of the deep, dark valleys, mental wreckage, and emotional minefields they have traveled through.
The most powerful advice Mike offers is that you are not alone. Others are experiencing similar battles. Find hope in community.
No matter how dark things look, there is hope.
Are you that adoptive parent wondering if anyone understands what you are going through?
Mike answers those questions, and many more in this book.
Mike and his wife, Kristin, have adopted all eight of their children. Some of them have come from traumatic backgrounds, with related challenges.
Mike shares some of the deep, dark valleys, mental wreckage, and emotional minefields they have traveled through.
The most powerful advice Mike offers is that you are not alone. Others are experiencing similar battles. Find hope in community.
No matter how dark things look, there is hope.
November 11, 2019
I wish I loved this book but I just didn’t.
What worked... He clearly articulated the reality of foster care and adoption rather than the fairy tale myth that is more commonly promoted.
What didn’t... I found much of the book to be very repetitive, not enough details about the stories that could have been helpful and we were told again and again to have hope but there was no real resolution for most of the MANY struggles he shared. I also found it difficult to understand why they were fostering more kids when the ones they already had were so clearly struggling and needy.
Overall I think it needs a re-write with less trying to be the teacher and more details about their experiences.
What worked... He clearly articulated the reality of foster care and adoption rather than the fairy tale myth that is more commonly promoted.
What didn’t... I found much of the book to be very repetitive, not enough details about the stories that could have been helpful and we were told again and again to have hope but there was no real resolution for most of the MANY struggles he shared. I also found it difficult to understand why they were fostering more kids when the ones they already had were so clearly struggling and needy.
Overall I think it needs a re-write with less trying to be the teacher and more details about their experiences.
January 29, 2018
As an adoptive dad, this book is such an encouragement. Mike Berry has done a great job of relating what it is like to live in a home with a child from a hard place. The book reminds us that we are not alone in the journey, and that there are ways to find hope even in the hardest times. This book is excellent. Mike is doing great job of writing from his heart and also touching ours. If you are currently an adoptive or foster parent or you want to prepare for being one, this book is an honest look at the joys and trials that this journey brings.
July 9, 2019
A must read for any foster/adoptive parent and I would strongly recommend this book for extended family members and friends who want to support those who are parenting kids from hard places. I have not faced all the challenges that the Berries faced, but I so appreciated the honesty, judgement-free tone of this book. It gets into the struggles and some of the whys, but is focused on HOPE! As much as I like and need to read books about kids from hard places, it is also nice to have this offering, focused instead on those who parent them.
October 20, 2018
I really didn’t learn anything new from this read, but every once in a while it is good to hear others’ journey and be reminded that you are not alone. Their circumstances are different than mine, each family and each child is unique, but certainly there are overarching principles, eternal truths and loads of encouragement that give me hope when things can look bleak or I just can’t see the forest for the trees.
September 4, 2019
I wanted to give 2 stars but felt I couldn’t be too critical given the lack of life experience in the matter. The intended audience seems to be for those who are years into an adoptive journey. That being said, this book did not offer substantial hope until the final chapter. Every other chapter had the same cadence of, “it’s hard! Trust me I know *insert troubling scenario from authors life* see I’ve been there! But it gets better.”
December 19, 2020
I wanted to like this book, but I found it to be quite repetitive and lacking in practical or useful information. It felt more like a space for people in the foster/adoptive world to vent about the tough stuff. There were moments that verged on prideful as well...as if we're superior to those who aren't knowledgeable about the foster/adoptive world. I would highly recommend Jason Johnson's book instead. https://www.amazon.com/Reframing-Fost...
September 23, 2022
Utterly and painfully relatable. It was strange to think I've been at this longer than the author at the time he wrote the book.
Also, I struggle with the balance of him helpfully sharing experiences for the benefit of others and that it is problematic to share these hard details of his children's stories.
Also, a little heavy handed on emphasizing he gets it, but knowing others out there have faced challenges of a similar magnitude does make it feel a little less lonely.
Also, I struggle with the balance of him helpfully sharing experiences for the benefit of others and that it is problematic to share these hard details of his children's stories.
Also, a little heavy handed on emphasizing he gets it, but knowing others out there have faced challenges of a similar magnitude does make it feel a little less lonely.
February 22, 2023
The first half of the book was extremely repetitive. The same analogy was used several times to the point where I started yelling at the audiobook “I’m getting so annoyed”. Pushed through to the second half of the book which was actually very helpful and I learned new things from it. Overall, I would say it was a “meh” that I probably wouldn’t recommend. There are other books out there that give the same or similar information and aren’t so redundant.
May 2, 2021
This Christian based book is perfect if you are thinking about adoption or foster care, feeling alone, feeling like you’re failing, or just stuck in the trenches of foster care and adoption. This book is a reminder that there is HOPE, you are NOT ALONE and there is a God who is bigger than this storm!
May 13, 2022
I like the material discussed but it's very repetitive. They could have said the same thing in half the space. Also, I was not aware this was a religious book. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have picked this book. I don't mind religion and I consider myself a spiritual person, but it was presented in an overbearing way and I did not like it.
October 27, 2023
Disappointed, some good info but overall really tough to read if you don't practice/agree with Christianity. Many of the solutions or anecdotes have to do with prayer, letting god help, seeing God's beauty etc. This viewpoint is certainly helpful for a certain group of people-was hoping for a less religiously charged book about adoption.
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