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“Aging Out”: No Home for the Holidays

In this season where so many of us try to go “home for the holidays”, an often-invisible but increasingly large group of young adults literally has no home to go home to. A report released this year by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative says that the number of children “aging out” of foster care (turning 18 before being adopted or safely reunited with family members) has increased by 41% in the last ten years. Picture a teen-ager you care about—a son or daughter, nephew or niece, neighbor, supermarket clerk, whomever. Now imagine that on his … Continue reading →

A Week at Royal Family Kids’ Camp Part 2

You can read the first part of this blog here. *All children’s names have been changed. Kevin, who is referred to often, is my husband who also served with me at Royal Family Kids’ Camps. Wednesday Night We had some visitors while we slept last night. I woke up to go to the bathroom with one of the girls and staring at me was a big fat raccoon! I screamed which in turn caused my camper to scream and become hysterical. Before I could count to three to get my bearings about me, the whole cabin was awake and screaming. … Continue reading →

A Week at Royal Family Kids’ Camps

These are some excerpts and prayers from my journal during my first week ever at Royal Family Kids’ Camps. Royal Family Kids’ Camp is a one week camp for abused and neglected children. The experience is intense and incomparable to anything I’ve done. . .including the last 10 years in the inner city. During this week, my job was to be a ‘roving counselor’. Roving counselors pick up the slack when there are things that need to be done, and they also help if two kids are too much for one counselor. *All kids’ names have been changed. Kevin, who … Continue reading →