Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast to encourage, educate, and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and kinship care. We aim to support adoptive and foster families by sharing encouraging real-life stories and equipping them with modern-day research and parenting techniques.
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Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16
Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care.
On this episode, host Sandra Flach, speaks with former foster youth, Melissa Smallwood. Melissa is a licensed counselor and provides coaching services through her business, Mending Hearts Coaching. She’s a foster and adoptive mom and a therapist offering hope and encouragement to families navigating the often murky waters of foster care and adoption.
Listen in as Melissa shares her story and why she is so passionate about supporting foster and adoptive families. Melissa has also written the book Foster Parent Prayers—Support and Encouragement for Foster & Adoptive Families.
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