Welcome to Tales Of Their Small Big Hearts. If you are a foster parent currently sitting in your car just trying to catch your breath, or wondering if you're the only one facing these specific, heavy challenges—you are not alone. This segment is built just for you. We know how incredibly isolating this journey can feel, which is why we’re breaking down the walls and sharing real, unfiltered stories. Our goal is simple: to help you see yourself in the experiences of others, find comfort in shared struggles, and connect deeply with a community of peers who truly get it. Lean in, take a breath, and let's navigate this together.

This episode covers a foster parent struggling with how she feels after her placement kid goes back to their first family, and how see feels like the loss of love may be too much to feel.

Clarice and Lillian visit while sitting on a faded green bench a few feet back from the action, paper cups of coffee warming their hands. The bench faced the swings, angled just right so they could keep half an eye on the kids and half an eye on each other. Lillian a new Foster mom is struggling with moving on after her placement kid goes back to their first family.

Shimmer and shine my little Starlings! Welcome to Tales Of Their Small big Hearts! Stories have always been how kids make sense of their world. Hearing them as well as telling them, a story can mean so much to a small heart. Tales of Their Small Big Hearts welcomes you to listen, share, and repeat our stories as much as you would like. This story series was created for kids who carry big feelings, big questions, and big histories. Today, we have a quiet story, just before bed about a little girl named Fiona who is struggling with being scared before bedtime, so the Starlings are ready to take action.