Through Angels Foster Family Network, Susan and Dick Kurtik have changed the lives of many foster children and their families. The retired Encinitas couple has had eight infant placements over nine years, and as much as being a resource family has made a difference for vulnerable and innocent foster babies, it has made a difference in their lives too, becoming parents for the first time as seniors.
Read MoreSamantha Riebeling-Nunez had hit rock bottom.
She was in jail for assaulting her mom, addicted to crystal meth and, most importantly, she was in danger of permanently losing her two kids, 3-year-old Christian and 2-year-old Isabella.
She recalls thinking, “I don’t want to be this person. I’m a good person. I don’t want to lose my kids. My kids don’t deserve me to give up on them.”
Read MoreNadia and Lynn sat on a playground bench together as baby Kassiani slept peacefully in her stroller, seeming to have forgotten the momentary pain of just having her ears pierced a half hour earlier. It was a scheduled visit for Lynn, Kassiani’s biological mother, and Nadia, a foster parent with Angels, joined them.
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