Meredith's Story

At 9 years old, how do you understand being adopted into a permanent family after living in foster care for several years?

The moment we met "Meredith," we loved her and wanted to make her life better. After she was adopted as our own, we realized that Meredith dealt with her internal emotions by acting out in school and at home. As newly adoptive parents, we knew that Meredith's 9-year old memories and confusion were something that we may never understand. So we found help at Kinship House.

After many hours of individual and joint counseling with Meredith at Kinship House, the counselors were able to help us better understand Meredith's history of many years in foster care and her lack of feelings of love. They were also able to help Meredith understand that her confusion was normal and that she had people that she could trust and love.

We're now proud grandparents to Meredith's first daughter with her loving husband. We're proud of Meredith and her accomplishments. And for the first time in many years, we also know that Meredith is proud of her accomplishments, and finally understands how it feels to feel good about herself.