Changing Foster Care, Together 

Hi folks! I'm back :-) I know you are wondering why I named my blog Journey of a Redwood. Well Redwood trees are one of the strongest and resilient trees...

Yesterday, we arrived in the land of the large, Texas. I say large, because the size of our hotel is unfathomable for a mere hotel. We are here to take...

Would it be a good idea to call the EMT? and the Police? and the Community? Something today in my mind changed, whether it was the weather of my mood...

Only less than 3% of Foster Youth will ever GRADUATE COLLEGE. Alarming right? Well it’s that very statistic that has motivated me to wake up and keep going every morning...

So, each year PSU’s School of Social Work hosts an Summer Institute on Youth mentoring. Experienced mentoring professionals are invited from all over to participate in the different programs put...

So we were off tho the Native Teen Gathering that was being held at Box R Ranch in Ashland, OR. It started off by the ridiculously long drive that lasted...

Due to the request of a fellow All-Star,I have been asked to write a blog about transitioning out of care; so without further a due. I transitioned out of foster...

Now that I am back in Seaside, I have time to blog about the time I spent in Idaho. First, I am going to acknowledge that what comes to follow...

I said that it would be awhile before my next blog, however it started raining here in Idaho and I just had a very noteworthy experience that I want to...