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 intisar | Jan 1, 2020 | Child Welfare, Foster Care, Q&A, Social Work
Edited by Intisar Seraaj This year isn’t just a new year, it’s the start of a new decade. This makes 33 years that Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. (SFH) has been in operation; The company has survived three decades in an everchanging and challenging business sphere. So,...
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 6, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Bobbie Simpson is a foster parent and an adoptive parent along with her husband Terry Simpson with Seraaj Family Homes, Inc. They’ve been with the company for about seven years and live in Midway, Alabama. They adopted a sibling duo (their son Jamal...