I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.' Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes aging enter firsthand
When I was in the group homes, I saw some of the kids being moved into foster homes with the potential for adoption. I remember well asking a social worker if I could find a home, too. I was told I was 'too old' and 'no one wants to adopt a 16-year-old.' I felt hopeless and alone. Angela Featherstone adoptadoptionfelt share on social
The courts don't remove children from their home because the child underperformed at school or required extra long walks or a game of basketball in order to blow off the steam all 5-year-olds have. It's because the parents were unfit, not the kids. Angela Featherstone basketballblowchild share on social
The Heart Gallery premise is very simple. It is a special traveling exhibit of photographs featuring Los Angeles foster youth, designed to highlight the need to find loving adoptive families for waiting children. Angela Featherstone adoptiveangeleschild share on social
I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!' Joe Manchin businesscampaigncomplete share on social
When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to die of heart attacks and tumors, so we take notice of the effects of aging. S. Jay Olshansky 40sagingattack Change image and share on social
I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be. Paul Watson awesomelycaliforniadevastate Change image and share on social