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Custom Made KidEpisode 8 | Ripple Effect | Kendra GoldenWhen Kendra Golden and her family embarked on their foster care journey, little did they know the Lord was going to call them to far more than they had planned for or expected. He used a season as foster parents to open their eyes to the immense need for foster families and set them on a path to try to make positive changes in a system that wasn't working as well as it should. Slowly, surely the Lord used their ordinary, every day life as foster parents to open the hearts of those around them to the Call to serve in...2019-09-0551 minCustom Made KidEpisode 7 | Called to Care | Bethany Anne MooreBethany Moore is an educator in Jacksonville, Florida who also happens to be a single, adoptive and foster mom to three young children. Bethany has a popular Instagram account (@bethanyanne42) that allows her followers to take a glimpse into her foster and adoption journey. Her life gracefully proves that life NOT working out "according to the plan" can be a huge blessing in disguise.
To connect with Bethany, you can find her on Instagram @bethanyanne42.
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2019-08-0832 minCustom Made KidEpisode 6 | Custom Made Kid | Amy Metz WilliamsIn today's mini-episode, the founder of the Custom Made Kid™ Foundation, Amy Metz Williams, tells you exactly what a Custom Made Kid™ is (and what it's not!) and gives you a brief glimpse into the heartbeat behind the podcast and the organization.
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All rights reserved | Custom Made Kid™ Foundation | www.custommadekid.com2019-07-1906 minCustom Made KidEpisode 5 | Loving the Birth Mother Well | Stephie PredmoreOne of the most important things about the adoption process, where reasonable or possible, is doing a good job of loving the birth mother well. The adoption process isn’t just about “getting a baby”. That is such an unhealthy way of thinking. There is another person involved in the adoption dynamic that should never be overlooked or forgotten. The birth mother.
What may be seen as the adoptive parent blessing, no matter what, came at the disruption of the child or children’s biological family. It also cost that birth mother something to choose to carry a baby for 9+ months a...2019-07-1736 minCustom Made KidEpisode 4 | Love Is A Sacrifice | Laura ButlerIn today's episode, Love is a Sacrifice, Laura Butler talks about her family's experience with adopting from Haiti and how that experience shaped a desire to help other families going through the process as well. The Anna Cheri Foundation, named after their Haitian baby girl, was founded to help families manage the cost(s) of adoption. Laura and I also talk about her initial struggles to connect and discuss her experience with some unexpected, post adoption baby blues. Not everyone will struggle with feelings like this but, if you have or if you do, you are not alone.
To...2019-07-1035 minCustom Made KidEpisode 3 | Brave Obedience | Abbie Phillips When Abbie was a little girl, she thought that one day she would grow up and be in the mission field working with children in some way. Little did she know that one day that mission field would actually be her own backyard.
As a young woman, Abbie's path crossed with a special family who had answered the call to foster in their own lives. That relationship ignited a desire in Abbie to also foster one day, she just didn't expect that she would feel the nudge from the Lord to do it while she was still s...2019-07-0350 minCustom Made KidEpisode 2 | Hurry Up and Wait | Kailey BirkelandIt's been 11 years since Kailey and her husband, Dru, married and quickly began the process of trying to grow their family. But as friends and family around them saw their dreams of children becoming a reality, Dru and Kailey did not. Infertility reared its ugly head and the couple found themselves going down the rabbit hole of unsuccessful infertility treatments. Exhausted and longing to be parents, Dru and Kailey decided together that biology wasn't what was important, God's plan was. They began to consider and pray about the adoption process, ultimately deciding it was the right direction for them. After...2019-06-2636 minCustom Made KidEpisode 1 | Starting with the Adoptee | Kristi BushAt six weeks old, Kristi Bush was adopted out of the foster care system but it wasn't until she reached the age of eight that she was told she was adopted. This life-altering information was delivered as casually as someone saying, "Will you pass the ketchup, please?". It instantly threw Kristi into the throes of an identity crisis that would last throughout her childhood and into adulthood. Since one of the main focuses of the Custom Made Kid™ podcast is adoption, it made sense to begin this podcast journey by seeing adoption through the eyes of an adoptee. In this...2019-06-1633 min