As a foster Dad, I often envisioned my home as a waypoint, a temporary refuge, for children cast upon a sometimes perilous road towards a better future. My book Journey Back Home reflects that vision. It’s a true tale of life’s lessons as taught by the grace of more than sixty children who entered my home as strangers and left as sons and daughters.
Nowadays foster parents get all kinds of training prior to opening their door to their first child, none of which provides the missing ingredient that a substitute Mom or Dad really needs: experience. That’s where Journey Back Home comes in. While I wrote it as an aid and inspiration for current and would-be foster parents, the narrative has relevance to anyone interested in dealing with difficult child behaviors or directing their children’s lives purposefully.
My wife and I started fostering eleven years ago. We adopted our first foster child, and went on to provide a home for sixty other children over the years. My book is in part our story, but it is really about the children, and what they taught us about conducting them through the twists and turns of their journey back home.
E.E.George
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