One of the main reasons people become Foster Parents is:

LOVE Love isn't just something for a boy and girl to experience, or a man or woman, love is more!  Love is giving someone your life. An emotion no one in the world can explain, only feel in the depths of their soul.  Love is something that is selfless and pure.  Love is rare but also meant to share in many ways!  Sometimes love hurts and sometimes only one person feels that way, love is real but not too clear!  Love is complicated in so many ways that I still can't comprehend today.  All I know is that a mother's gentle touch and God's love is more then enough.  So to make somebody's day grand, you need to say how much you care and share the love baby! Shannon, age 15

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