Impressing Minds:
A Foster Blog written by a Former Foster Parent

ACEs: What do I need to know?

ACEs: What do I need to know as a foster parent? Obviously, I'm glad you asked me. Let's recap what the ACEs study is and the results...

ACE or PACE for Foster Care

If you could take an adverse experience and change it into a positive one would you? Would you think that that event defined you in some...

ACEs: What are they?

Why should foster parents care about ACEs? What are they? How are they relevant to me? ACEs stand for Adverse Childhood Experiences. ...

A Foster Blog
Written by a Former Foster Parent

As a former foster mom, I sat down to evaluate myself and my experiences over the past 15 years. I had a lot of those defining experiences. Along with knowledge and familiarity, I had a passion for the foster care system and its need to be revamped. I had a passion for writing. Impressing Minds, my blog, was born.

I have the following acrostic which reminds me of the purpose:

Impressing

Minds

Preparing hearts and

Restoring lives for

Eternal impact by

Sharing stories for

Successful future generations