American - Author | 1978 -
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.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
WorkMoneyParentsEnoughBack
I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.
ChildrenTimeParentOverYears
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.
PeopleCollegeMeParentMentor
I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.
WritingNeverNonfictionSomething
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.
FamilyCollegeYouthHusbandEarly
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.
ParentsHusbandDownBecomeWould
Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
EducationNatureLoveChildrenNeed
I am not only the person who wrote and sold a novel while raising a houseful of biological and foster children; I am also the person who wrote a horrific young adult novel that never sold and gave up on a foster child I couldn't handle - an experience that still haunts me.
ChildrenExperienceI AmChildMe
It is stories - both real and fictional - that can captivate hearts, change minds and, in the most powerful examples, spur action.
ChangeActionPowerfulMindsReal
We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.
ChangeWantBecomeActSeekUs
Every second I have spare, I'm with my kids.
KidsSecondEvery SecondEverySpare
I did a minor in creative writing in college, but I didn't start writing until I stayed at home with my own children.
HomeChildrenCreativeCollegeStart
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Vanessa Diffenbaugh quotes