Fostering Conversations

Princess Anderson is a former foster child who was placed in Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. Now, she's joining the company as a family support worker to give back to youth in foster care. She shares her story of how she came to be in foster care and how she stayed in contact with the cofounders of the agency who were also her foster parents. 

For this week's episode of Fostering Conversations, since it's still National Adoption Month, we interviewed our foster parent Natalie Hatcher from Mobile, Alabama. She adopted three children and says she has room for more. 

November is National Adoption Month! This episode, we're covering a somber adoption story about two of our former foster parents Angelika Carter and Nannie Crozier from Gadsden, Alabama. We interviewed Crozier about her fostering experience and her friendship with Carter, who was a two-time adoptive mother of two daughters. Carter and one of her daughters passed away in late 2018. Here's their story.

Lorene Harper has been a foster and adoptive parent with Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. since 1998. She and her two adopted children talk about their family's journey together. Harper speaks about the key to fostering is showing kids patience and love. She admits her foster kids teach her as much as she teaches them. 

Rose Chaney is a foster parent with Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. in Oxford, Alabama. She's fostered with the agency for several years now, but in July 2020 she finalized the adoption for her son "Z." Here's their story.