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How to explain the decision to continue foster parenting

My friends do not understand why we keep fostering after all the heartbreak and honestly some days I do not understand it either

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The calling to care for vulnerable children often defies rational explanation, sustained by purpose rather than pleasure.

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