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 intisar | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles
By Intisar Seraaj Forgiveness is hard work! But it’s necessary for healing and happiness. I’m currently working on forgiving four people that I care about. So, this advice is for everyone, including me. Whether you’re a foster or adoptive parent, case manager or...
by intisar | Dec 16, 2019 | Aging Forward, Foster Care, Parenting
By Intisar Seraaj As I’ve been interviewing foster parents this year, I’ve heard from some parents that sometimes their foster children don’t ever say “thank you” until after they’ve grown up and aged forward from foster care. It may not be that they are ungrateful...
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 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...
