“No child should be dealing with these issues, especially by a system that claims that can take better care of you than your biological family..” Siyamak sits down with Shane Harris, an advocate for foster youth and a civil rights activist twitter.com/shaneharrisnow He’ll tell us about his experience being in the foster care system and…

“No child should be dealing with these issues, especially by a system that claims it can take better care of you than your biological family.” Siyamak sits down with Shane Harris, an advocate for foster youth and a civil rights activist twitter.com/shaneharrisnow. He tells us about his experience in the foster care system—and of witnessing…

A Shire horse who gave birth to a stillborn foal is healing from heartbreak by fostering two orphaned foals as her own. Sammy, a 12-year-old Shire horse, became a foster mom to two thoroughbred foals after each lost its mother shortly after being born. Jess Westwood, the owner of Molland Ridge Stud and Rehabilitation in…

GRANTS PASS, Ore.—A suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday night after being taken into custody following a standoff with law enforcement, a police spokesman said. Grants Pass Police Department Lt. Jeff Hattersley told KTVL-TV that Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital hours after he was…

LAS VEGAS—A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison officials on the same day he was transferred to the state’s custody to serve a kidnapping sentence, authorities said Monday. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, faced decades…

Amid the joy of bringing her newborn daughter home from the hospital, a mom from Northeast Ohio fell gravely ill. In a life-saving surgery, she lost her uterus and the chance to give birth to more children. However, her faith in God led her to find another route: she became a foster mom, and her…

A Labrador retriever with prior experience of being a foster dad has recently taken 15 orphaned ducklings under his paw. Fred is a 15-year-old resident dog at the Mountfitchet Castle in Essex, England. In early July, the castle posted pictures on Facebook of the canine with the feathered brood, and wrote: “Fred has become a…

After adopting an orphaned boy who had escaped slavery in Ethiopia, a Tennessee mom began dreaming of a girl child. Coming across a photo of a 7-year-old orphan in need proved her dream had been a premonition, but after traveling back to Ethiopia to adopt the child, a battle began. The girl, named Favor, was withheld,…

I’ve always been an animal lover. Eventually, when I became a stay-at-home mom and a homeschooling parent, I felt it was the perfect time to put out the welcome mat for some needy four-legged friends. Fostering animals is always a win-win experience—the animals get the extra TLC they need, and your kids get the experience…

After the tragic loss of her daughter, a foster mom and entrepreneur from Georgia became devoted to faith and doing good works for less fortunate young people. It was a redemption of sorts. Already a business owner, Linda Durrence, 51, alongside her husband, Mark, 56, in February opened a niche thrift boutique especially for kids in need….