Bonus Babies
By Jayne Amelia Larson
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The Anthem Award winning BONUS BABIES podcast is the only one of its kind that features the compelling true-life hard-hitting stories of those with a lived foster care experience and the people who care for them––all via the unique 360* lens of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer. Through raw first-hand accounts, BONUS BABIES reveals the daunting complexity of the foster care world while documenting the challenges, failures and successes of the system as well as the people and the agencies involved. The creator and host, Jayne Amelia Larson, is a CASA - a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer for youth in foster care. In the same way a CASA works, she explores all things in the foster care maze by talking to kids, parents, caregivers, attorneys, social workers, therapists, adoptees, adoptive parents, members of community and social programs...anybody and everybody who will speak to her to keep the conversation open and the information flowing about all things CASA––to give a forum to help people understand what it's like to have a lived foster care experience. Original music by Christina Apostolopoulos. Emma Karpman is our Social Media Manager. Audio engineering and mixing by Adam "Yukon" Harr of Blue Oak Mastering. Executive Producer is Jake Eberle. Cover art by John Crowther.
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Lucretia Taylor: You Don't Have To Change The World In One Day
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Renee Santos
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Mark Daley: How Do We Address The Smoke Rising From Families
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Greg Brake: Foster Warriors 24-Hour Challenge
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Andrew Bridge: Tear It Down
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Alexis Longmire: I Made Me, Who I Am Today, I Did This
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Shimeka Lott: The People Coming In For The Rescue Don't Need to Be Perfect But Need To Operate With A Perfect Heart
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May 11, 2025 |
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Greg Rosenmerkel: I Am Glad That I Can Try To Help A Little Bit
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Nicole Goswami : Your Daughter Will Always Know You
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Greg Rosenmerkel: Based On Our Life Experience We Tend To Think What The Necessary Elements Are For A Child's Physical and Emotional Safety, And They're Not The Same
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Christine Goddard: I Now Realize Why You Were There Always In My Life
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Danisha Keating: What Purpose Do You Have, What Passions Do You Have That We Can Encourage
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Jeanette Yoffe: You Need To Go Into The Grief, Into The Loss, Into The Trauma To Heal
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Glenda Wright: I Don't Match A Stereotype
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Dr. Bruce Sogolow: Children Do Everything They Do To Try To Meet A Need
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Warren Press: Elizabeth And I Are The Ones Who Are Unbelievably Lucky To Get To Be Their Parents
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Rachel Elovitz: I Am Going To Do A Damn Good Job Because I Genuinely Care
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Tige Charity: There's No Greater Agony Than Bearing An Untold Story Inside You
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Romi Lassaly and Pat McCabe : One Caring Person Can Make All The Difference
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Chrisie Morris: I Will Not Let The Darkness Change My Heart
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Gavin Glynn: You Have Get Them To Trust
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Elizabeth Garcia Herrera: I've Got To Do My Part Of Not Repeating The Same Mistakes As My Family
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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America Gutierrez: I Am Not Going To Be Silenced Anymore
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Georgette Todd: That's When Everything Changed
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Ron Jenkins: One Of The Reason Kids Don't Get Help Is Because They Don't Learn How To Trust Again
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Lorry Leigh Belhumeur: What's Happened To You, How Can I Help?
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Paul Freese: Who Are You, Why Are You Here, What Will Become Of You, What Impact Will You Have?
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Jeremy Buchanan: I Was Thirsty. I Think Anybody Who Wants To Make It... Be Thirsty.
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Barbara Lane: They Did Everything They Could To Break My Bonds To My Sisters But It Didn't Work
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Charity Chandler-Cole: I Am Capable Of Achieving Whatever I Want To Achieve
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Mike Wiskar: Music Saved My Life As A Kid, Teenager, Adult...Totally
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Peter Mutabazi: My Role As A Dad...I Can Do As Much As Momma Can Do
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Steve Pemberton: You Need To Speak To Them In The Language Of Their Dreams
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Noah Nash: We All Are Special In Our Own Ways
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Jacqueline Robles: I Saw People Die, I Saw People Get Addicted To Drugs And Fall Victim To The Streets
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May 26, 2023 |
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Regina Louise: I'm Done With That Carrot-ing Love
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May 19, 2023 |
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Elle Fox: It's So Worth It Even With The Pain That You Feel At The End
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May 12, 2023 |
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Adisa: The Tenacity To Live Is Greater Than The Scars From The Struggle To Live
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May 05, 2023 |
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Mimi Savage: Be Of Service...Share...Give
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Jennifer Stern: I Can't Imagine Anything Worse Than Losing Your Child
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Kendra Lukens : I Feel Like I Never Really Had A Childhood
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Emi Niefeld: So Many Things I Could Not Have Known
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Breyon Johnson: If I Just Give Up Now Then I'm Letting Them Win
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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David Ambroz: And Yet Here I Am And I Remain Optimistic
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Syd Stewart: I Deserve Grace Just Like I Extend Grace
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Ångela Quijada Banks: I Learned To Really Operate On Reciprocity of Relationships
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Akhim Dev: Hear Me As Loud As I Can Say It
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Kimberly Bell: You Took The Time To Invest In Yourself, You Took The Time To Love Yourself
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Jeffrey Jamerson: The Most Powerful In The World Is The Storyteller
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Sana Latrease Cotten: I Learned That She Too Was Trafficked By Her Mom So It Was A Generational Thing
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Jordan Bartlett: Business As A Force For Creating This Community Of People That Can Do Good
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Mary Rathbone: I Will Look Back On It And Say It Was One Of The Greatest Achievements Of My Life
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Lisa Marie Arnett: I Still Hold People 100% Accountable
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Raquel Wilson: School Was Literally The Only Thing They Couldn't Take Away From Me
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Cathy Horan Walker: Just Pay It Forward
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Ryan Moses: You're The Only Person Who's Going To Be Able To Turn This Around
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Allison Lieberman: These Children Become Sexually Exploited Children By Being Sold To Other People
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Rachel Malley: I Love That I Get To Have Such A Direct Impact
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Maria Harding: They Picked Up A Kid And Turned Her Into A Functional Adult
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May 27, 2022 |
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Hank Fortener: At The Root Of All Our Societal Causes Is Going To Be An Instability For Our Kids
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May 20, 2022 |
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Megan Elizabeth Ward: Reunification Is The Priority, However There Comes A Time When Permanency Needs To Outweigh Reunification
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May 13, 2022 |
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Zaid Gayle: They Treat Us Like We're Broken
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May 06, 2022 |
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David Hudson: She Says Keep Driving If You Want To Meet Your Father
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Gay Courter: We Sued The State Of Florida For Improperly Caring For A Child
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Nia Garcia: To Me... That Is Not A Mom
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Debbie Dullabaun: I Stayed WIth Him, And It Was The Best Thing Ever
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Kanesha Allison: Her Presence Was Very Strong Because She Was There Everyday
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Johna Rivers: Hold On And Be Strong
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Dennis Rosenbaum : I Am Talking About Resilience
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Rob Rodriguez: I Take All Of My Trauma, Flip That Around And Create Triumph
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Leslie Nolan: It's Healing When You Connect
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Melanie Velasquez: Okay Let's Take This Bastard to Jail
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Deena Murray: It Does Break Your Heart
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Daron Bennett: Become The Good
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Cody Renegar: Changing The Stars
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Holiday Bonus Episode: Become The Good
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Angelo Melendez: I'm Not Going To Gangbang, I'm Never Going To Be A Gangbanger
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Alexis Obinna: My Business Is Me. That's My Number One Priority
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Howie Cohen: May Not Have My Blood, But We Have The Same Heart
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Kylie : Just Us Listening, Actually Listening
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Peter Samuelson: It's a Team Sport, I'm a Team Leader
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Anita: It Was An Entire Family Raising This Child
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Teena Festa: I've Always Loved So Genuinely, So Completely
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Tamar: You're Not Alone And You Can Do It.
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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Sid Gardner: You Have To Walk The Walk If You're Going To Talk The Talk
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Jul 17, 2021 |
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Megan Green: But Of Course As A Kid, When You Don't Know The Story You Make Up Stories
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Diane Martell: You're Going To Be Okay
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Wende Julien: The Opportunity To Be In Their Lives Is A Blessing For Me
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Ashleigh Nichols: You're Strong, Crazy Strong.
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Jaronna Yates: I Know My Mommy Loved Me, I Always Knew That
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Toni Cunningham: For Me It's About Not Failing, I Refuse To Let Myself To Be Anything Less Than
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Vaughn Laws: I Finally Reached The Head Of The Snake And The Head Of The Snake Is Telling Me You Called Too Late
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May 28, 2021 |
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Juan Valles: When I Serve These Children, I Can See The Face Of God In Them
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May 21, 2021 |
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LaTanya Hill: You Can Fire Me All You Want But I'm Still Going To Be Here
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May 11, 2021 |
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Venus Manuel and Lori Nelson: They Saved Each Other
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May 07, 2021 |
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Lori Nelson: Even Though It Took A Toll, You See I'm Not Done
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Venus Manuel: That Started Our Odyssey Through The Foster Care System Of 9 Different Homes In 3 Years
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Jaci Cortez: The People That Hurt Me The Most Was My Own Family
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Dorrie Woods: We Call Them Our Bonus Babies
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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BONUS BABIES TRAILER
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Feb 23, 2021 |