Safe Enough to Cry

I thought I had the happiest, easiest baby ever. When Julia came to us, she was almost a year old, though we were told she was only six months old. She was wearing 3–6 month clothing and was significantly smaller than she should have been. Yet from the very beginning, she seemed content. No, not […]

Why Family Should Always Be the Goal

Around the world, children’s homes, or orphanages, exist because sometimes children cannot safely stay where they were. That is also why we exist. We are a temporary baby rescue center. Babies come to us in moments of crisis, and for a time we become their consistent caregivers, their temporary family. We learn them, soothe them, […]