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Sep 30
3 min

HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY #SAVEOURCHILDREN

So you want to #saveourchildren. Here's where you, an average citizen, can start... In addition to talking to your own kids and doing wha...

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Harlie Cloyd

Aug 20
3 min

SO YOUR KID HAS SEPARATION ANXIETY

Two of my children have separation anxiety. If you have a kiddo who suffers from the same thing, I have a trick that just might rock your...

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Harlie Cloyd

Aug 17
4 min

DEAR MAMA, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL

My heart is heavy, y'all. As a foster mom, I'm bearing the weight of all the decisions that need to be made for my foster daughters, but ...

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HOW TO LOVE YOUR FOSTER CHILD'S BIRTH PARENTS

Harlie Cloyd

Jul 31
4 min

HOW TO LOVE YOUR FOSTER CHILD'S BIRTH PARENTS

We have been foster parents for nearly a year now. When we were going through our training, there was talk of "bridging," which is the te...

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Harlie Cloyd

Jul 17
2 min

A FOSTER CARE UPDATE

This week I posted on my social media platforms about our two foster daughters' case going before the judge to decide which direction the...

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Harlie Cloyd

Jun 30
3 min

'I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE'

Foster care is hard. You've heard me say that about a million times, but lately it's been really hard. I haven't written anything in over...

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Harlie Cloyd

Apr 29
3 min

'I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS'

"I didn't ask for this," she told me with a wild look in her eye. "But the Lord is telling me to do it." I have a friend. Her name is Ama...

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FOSTERING HIGHLIGHTS THE WORST PARTS OF ME

Harlie Cloyd

Apr 23
3 min

FOSTERING HIGHLIGHTS THE WORST PARTS OF ME

When you become a foster parent, you get a lot of compliments about how awesome you are for doing what you're doing. These comments are s...

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THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT

Harlie Cloyd

Jan 28
4 min

THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE BECOMING A FOSTER PARENT

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep onese...

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15 WAYS YOU CAN HELP A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE

Harlie Cloyd

Jan 28
3 min

15 WAYS YOU CAN HELP A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE

I have people tell me all the time how much they want to foster someday, but, for whatever reason, opening their home right now is not an...

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