By Sara — 2021
The author feels strongly that foster parents who are able to recognize their limits before they reach them are better equipped to keep going.
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CLEAR ALL
Now, five years later, this is blindingly obvious to me – and my son has become the happiest I’ve seen him since he was a child.
We collaborated with several of our favorite talent supporters who are LGBTQ people of color to offer advice to youth on how to navigate the intersections of their identities and protect their mental health.
So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.
They call me Bapa.
“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”