Foster Parent Quotes

“And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent.”
― Dave Pelzer

“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

“In this faded world, Lyric was light through a prism. All that invisible joy and curiosity met a dash of sunshine, and then she was there, in all her color.”
― Corinne Beenfield, The Ocean's Daughter :

“Watching her with the other children, it struck Helen once again that there was something that still set the girl apart, something just out of reach. Lyric was remarkable. A breathtaking horizon and endless ocean, deep and mysterious. No matter how well Helen got to know her, she always felt as though she never truly would.”
― Corinne Beenfield, The Ocean's Daughter :

“She had thought it would be easy from there. It wasn’t. It was simple, but not easy. There was joy, but terror, too, as though stepping back from a ship’s helm and letting the journey go. It sounded romantic enough until being dashed to pieces against the rocks. It was the loveliest tiny moments that would drench Helen in happiness, like when Lyric was nestled in the crook of her arm, resisting falling asleep. Helen had brushed a finger down the child’s nose. Her drowsy eyes had fluttered yet followed Helen’s finger, going cross-eyed just as Helen reached the nose tip. For a moment, the joy and love saturated everything.”
― Corinne Beenfield, The Ocean's Daughter :

“I've wondered if I will ever feel as at home as I did at the beginning with K. Our days existed in a vacuum, removed from the future and the past. We didn't know when she would leave, so I let go of long-term worries. I had the individual moments, and they were delicious. Looking back, I can see that K and I loved each other immediately. I knew her. Every sound and wiggle and scrunch of her face was a language, and I was fluent. My early ease with K is one of the greatest gifts of my life.”
― Jessica Slice, Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World