The author, Crystal Smith, is a West Virginia native. After her two biological children became teens and she re-married, her family decided to take in foster children. She has been a foster mother to over twenty-five children and adopted five of those. She and her husband, Todd, and their five children now live in Bristol, Tennessee. This book illuminates the bureaucracy, heartbreak and hassles of foster care and adoption as well as the ultimate meaning and beauty involved. It embraces the love and faith that has guided her throughout.
Bloomington, Indiana: Westbow Press/Thomas Nelson and Zondervan, 2018. 142 pages with kid’s pictures and photos. Trade paperback