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There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.

~Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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The most violent and troubling stories become part of our national consciousness about foster care.

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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.

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I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn't do it. I became one of those horrible foster parents who give the kids back.

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Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.

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As a college student, I worked as a mentor, and that got me involved in working with young people long before I became a foster parent.

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I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.

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My husband and I have been involved with foster youth since our early 20s. Right out of college and not yet married, we spent weekends mentoring a family of young girls.

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My husband and I vowed that after we married and settled down, we would become foster parents - a vow we kept and one that has enriched our lives greatly.

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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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