‘It was life-changing.’ Mom reflects on battle to get kids back from foster care

Samantha 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.”

ReunificationPJ BoveeJune 7, 2023Reunification, friendship, friends, love, familyComment

Mothers of Necessity, Friends by Choice

Nadia 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.

ReunificationPJ BoveeNovember 26, 2018Reunification, friendship, friends, love, familyComment