Joy sits down with her nephew Josh to talk about his journey through adoption and how his adoptive family encouraged him to find and reconnect with his birth family, none of whom he had ever seen or met since he was born.

Joy shares some helpful tools to implement when it comes to building the bridge of trust with your foster/adopted child.

What does it look like when foster parents give the gift of persistent patience to that teen being fostered or adopted? Imagine the walls that could start to come down! Bob and Sami Hoeller join the podcast to talk about the dynamics of adopting a teenager… The obstacles they had to overcome, the breakthroughs they […]

Joy has a conversation with Molly – a foster mom in Arizona – about her experience with foster care. The heartbreaks that come with having to say goodbye are one of the hardest things about foster care, but Molly tells us why it serves a much bigger purpose: it builds strength in yourself and resilience […]

In this episode, Joy talks about some of the most difficult decisions that adoptive and foster parents have to make on their journey. When she was in foster care growing up, her foster parents had to make a difficult decision themselves… Which led to her not being adopted by them. Decisions like this can often […]

Sarah MacDonald is a wife, adoptive mom, blogger and executive pastor. She joins Joy for this episode to talk about her experience with her adopted child’s birth mom, and why it was so important in her case not to leave her out – but to build her up. Visit Sarah MacDonald’s blog at www.organize2prioritize.com!

Joy recounts her relationship with her birth mother while she was in foster care. She also discusses the impact that her foster mom and adoptive mom had on her when bringing up the topic of her biological mother. In this episode you’ll learn some important things to remember when addressing that relationship with your foster […]

Joy recounts her relationship with her birth mother while she was in foster care. She also discusses the impact that her foster mom and adoptive mom had on her when bringing up the topic of her biological mother. In this episode you’ll learn some important things to remember when addressing that relationship with your foster […]

Welcome to “Not a Throwaway!” Meet Joy Roberts, the host of this podcast and a passionate advocate for foster families. We hope you are blessed by the things you hear and the stories that are told along this journey. And be sure to subscribe so you’ll be notified when new episodes release!

Welcome to “Not a Throwaway!” Meet Joy Roberts, the host of this podcast and a passionate advocate for foster families. We hope you are blessed by the things you hear and the stories that are told along this journey. And be sure to subscribe so you’ll be notified when new episodes release!