A Piece of Advice You’d Give a New Foster Dad

You’re going to feel like you’re failing.

That’s normal.

This journey is going to push you harder than anything else in your life — emotionally, spiritually, mentally.
But you were built for this.

My advice?
Don’t focus on fixing. Focus on staying.

You don’t have to have all the answers.
You just have to show up — again, and again, and again.

You’ll feel unseen.
Unappreciated.
Misunderstood.

But stay anyway.

Because you’re planting seeds that won’t bloom for years — but they will bloom.

And here’s the other thing: You’re not alone.
There’s a whole tribe of men in the trenches with you.
And a God who never asked you to be perfect — just present.