Oct 30, 2009
Filed in Foster Care
By Analiz González
Buckner International
Mona Harvey opens a Bible and reads to her two foster children from the first story she finds.
“Hannah had no children and that made her very sad.” Mona pauses to laugh. “How ironic,” she says, and goes back to reading. “But in time, God gave her Samuel.”
Oct 30, 2009
Filed in Texas Waiting Children
By Analiz González
Buckner International
(MELISSA, Texas) — In Reyna and Daniel’s world, there were no bugs, no guinea pigs and definitely no horses.
What they knew was a strict schedule: bunk beds with several children to a room and night lights that went across the edge of the floor like fire flies in the dark. There were [...]
Oct 30, 2009
Filed in Texas Waiting Children
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
Four-year-old Kellie Hodson loves to twirl in her pink dress. She makes faces with her big brother Jonathan, shares secrets with her Mom and rides the four-wheeler with her dad whenever she gets the chance.
Oct 30, 2009
Filed in Foster To Adopt
By Rebekah Hardage
Communications Intern
(WINNSBORO, Texas) — Not many parents can say the first time they saw their daughter was on TV, but the moment Geno and Lisa Hill saw Deidre’s smiling face on a local television news program, they knew she would be a part of their family.
Oct 30, 2009
Filed in Foster To Adopt
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
They keep each baby’s picture on their refrigerator like family photos on a mantle – innocent faces lined up in the order of their arrival to the home. Mark and Jacquie Craggett go through the photos and call each child by name: Raquelle, Anthony, Nathan, Desi, William, Maya, Hayden, Peanut, Brian.
