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Calendar Of Events
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May: National Foster Care Month
Foster Parent Orientation, May 7. For more information, please call 619-283-8100 ext 229.
Click here to inquire. East County Foster Parent Orientation, May 23. For more information, please call 619-283-8100 ext 229. Click here to inquire.
Foster Parent Orientation, June 4. For more information, please call 619-283-8100 ext 229.
Click here to inquire.
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There has been a dramatic increase in calls for very young sibling groups. It is critical to keep these little ones together to prevent shattering their family ties.
It takes special parents to open their hearts to two at a time - Could this be you?
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A letter from our Assistant Director:
Happy Spring, friends! These are exciting times at Angels and we love to keep you up to date on our continuing growth. As you know, we achieved and surpassed the milestone of 500 little lives impacted by our extraordinary, committed parents, and soon we will certify our 200th family. Our most recent training class graduated just three weeks ago and almost all have already welcomed a child into their hearts and homes. It will be seven weeks before our next training is complete, and today there is only one family on our openings list. That means we'll have to turn away little ones who are in desperate need of Angels families in the weeks to come. The days we have to say "our homes are full" are our worst days, and we will continue to work to find extraordinary parents until every baby who needs an Angels home has one. With spring comes rebirth, and we hope all of our Angels supporters will renew their commitment to each and every baby in need. We thank you for your dedication and for all you do to care for the babies of our community. Warmly, Rachel |
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Diary of a Foster Mom: The View From Here
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I have something delicious I'd like to share with you.
After blogging my 'We Move On' post, I received the most generous response from a reader:
Hi Kristin,
I love your stories, your heart, and your ability to communicate so well to us all! I'm living vicariously through the Angel's site these days... I read your story today, and I wanted to tell you - though I hope you already know - being a mommy is 100% about doing the job.
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Ask Dr. Mama
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 Dr. Mama is better known as Rachel Zahn, MD, a pediatrician and mom of three grown kids. She is also the Angels Assistant Director. For more parenting advice check out her website MamasOnCall.com.
Dear Dr. Mama,
My husband and I have been married for 5 years and our daughter is 16 months old.
Jeff grew up in the Midwest and his family always owned guns. When we moved in together his gun came, too. It made me pretty uncomfortable, since I was raised in a very anti-gun home, but he's a nut about gun safety, and keeps them locked and out of sight, so I've pretty much been able to forget about it (or at least pretend it's not here).
Now that our little one is a toddler, and can get into places I never even knew existed, I'm starting to worry constantly about having a gun in the house. It's really gnawing at me, and last night I had a nightmare and woke up terrified that the closet had accidentally been left unlocked and she had climbed inside while we slept.
PLEASE talk me off this cliff. I'm afraid if I tell Jeff to get rid of the gun he'll laugh at me and refuse, and then what? Do you have any information from "the experts" that might either help him see it my way, or ease my mind so I can learn to live with it?
Scared in Santee
Read the answer here
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Get Involved! May is National Foster Care Month
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National Foster Care Month is right around the corner and we want to get the word out about the need for exceptional foster parents.
Can you join our team and help get more people involved in the foster care crisis? Click on the image to download this flier to post in your local Starbucks, school, library or anywhere your community gathers.
Be part of the solution.
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Emily's Happy Ending
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We usually reserve this space to spread the news about adoptions in our Angels family, but this month we bring you a happy reunification story. Emily came to Angels as a preschooler who had been through a lot in her short life. After continuing the roller coaster with her parents and many delays in her case, her future was still unknown. Thanks to her wonderful foster parents who provided stability and love in a time of turmoil, she was able to gain the steely resilience to ride out the storm. Throughout this time, her social workers worked with a family member who would be able and willing to give Emily the lifetime of love she deserves. This month she was reunited with an aunt who she has come to know and love through a slow and gentle transition. We are grateful for this happy ending, and the immeasurable gift her Angels family provided. |
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Thank You to Rivers of Hope
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Thank you to our hometown hero, Philip Rivers, who shares our passion for finding forever homes for San Diego's foster youth. We are so honored to be a grant recipient from Rivers of Hope for the third year in a row. We are looking forward to the Rivers of Hope Fun Run 5K on June 16. Watch for updates on how to join team Angels.
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Read All About It (Us)!
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The Rancho Santa Fe Review wrote a beautiful article about Angels and our founder, Cathy Richman. Read it below.
We've all heard tragic stories about children who are placed into traditional county foster homes only to end up being further abused and often scarred for life, but we, as individuals, rarely do anything about it.
Cathy Richman is an exception. She did do something about it and, for the past 14 years, has continued to do so - one child at a time, one lap at a time.
Read the whole story here.
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