“We got the call on May 17. Could we take two children, ages 7 and 11, for a few days while a more “permanent” placement was arranged? Just feed and shelter them for this short transitional period? Well, we had space, but not beds… The boys’ room had two vacant bunk beds, but they were […]

In 2015, school principal Jason Smith met a 12-year-old girl named Raven. She was sitting outside his office after being suspended from the sixth grade. “She looked like such a sweet, innocent child, sitting there feeling down,” Jason said. “I asked her what had happened, and she told me she threw a cup of yogurt […]

Yesterday morning, I went to make my two-year-old scrambled eggs—her favorite—but realized we were out. I made her something else, but I put eggs at the top of my grocery list. Later, after taking my three girls to the park, I planned to stop at the store. But just as I was about to pull […]