by sstinson | Jan 6, 2020 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting
By Shay Stinson Sometimes creating connections and maintaining bonds with people in your biological family can be difficult, but it can be especially difficult for children in foster care. In addition to the traumas that led them to be in the child welfare system,...
by sstinson | Dec 20, 2019 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Social Work, Suicide Awareness
By Shay Stinson It’s the holiday season and the crowds are slowly shifting through crowded department stores. The sound of holiday music surrounds us. Songs of joy, laughter, happiness and hope are being constantly piped into our psyche. The air of giving is thick and...
by intisar | Dec 11, 2019 | Adoption, Foster Care, Parenting, Uncategorized
By Intisar Seraaj One thing about having a blended family—whether that’s through adoption or fostering—is that you’ll have to find a balance for almost everything, from family diet to family fun. It’s easy to include other’s cultures or religious food into a meal...
by intisar | Nov 30, 2019 | Adoption, Foster Care, Q&A
Interview by Intisar Seraaj Edited by Shay Stinson & Intisar Seraaj Intisar Seraaj, digital content producer for Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH), spoke with Krystal Key, one of the adopted daughters from the Dubose family. This is the family of Mr. and Mrs. Willie...
by sstinson | Nov 12, 2019 | Adoption, Aging Forward, Articles, Child Welfare, Foster Care, News, Parenting
Meet Paw-Paw Pettway By Shay Stinson On November 5, 2019, the agency’s Mobile, Alabama region hosted an online case review where our CEO Abdul Seraaj interviewed our foster parent Michael Pettway, a retired auto mechanic who still makes close family house calls and...
by intisar | Nov 11, 2019 | Adoption, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Parenting, Q&A
By Intisar Seraaj Janice Saylor has been a foster parent with Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. her husband Clayton Saylor for about 18 years. They live in Troy, Alabama with their adopted son and daughter Marcuse S. and Taylor B. Q: Can you tell me a little about yourself?...
