Christian children's book author, speaker and Custom Made Kid™ Foundation founder, Amy Metz Williams, shares real and honest conversations around the topics of infertility, loss, foster care, adoption, and motherhood. Every family has a story but no two are the same. Which, at the end of the day, means we can all learn from one another. Let's create a safe space to laugh, learn, and grow together!
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Episode 8 | Ripple Effect | Kendra Golden
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When Kendra Golden and her family embarked on their foster care journey, little did they know the Lord was going to call them to far more than they had planned for or expected. He used a season as foster parents to open their eyes to the immense need for foster families and set them on a path to try to make positive changes in a system that wasn't …
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Episode 7 | Called to Care | Bethany Anne Moore
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Bethany Moore is an educator in Jacksonville, Florida who also happens to be a single, adoptive and foster mom to three young children. Bethany has a popular Instagram account (@bethanyanne42) that allows her followers to take a glimpse into her foster and adoption journey. Her life gracefully proves that life NOT working out "according to the plan…
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Episode 6 | Custom Made Kid | Amy Metz Williams
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In today's mini-episode, the founder of the Custom Made Kid™ Foundation, Amy Metz Williams, tells you exactly what a Custom Made Kid™ is (and what it's not!) and gives you a brief glimpse into the heartbeat behind the podcast and the organization. *** Get in touch: connect {at} custommadekid.com or engage using the hashtag #custommadekidpodcast Lea…
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Episode 5 | Loving the Birth Mother Well | Stephie Predmore
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One of the most important things about the adoption process, where reasonable or possible, is doing a good job of loving the birth mother well. The adoption process isn’t just about “getting a baby”. That is such an unhealthy way of thinking. There is another person involved in the adoption dynamic that should never be overlooked or forgotten. The …
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Episode 4 | Love Is A Sacrifice | Laura Butler
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In today's episode, Love is a Sacrifice, Laura Butler talks about her family's experience with adopting from Haiti and how that experience shaped a desire to help other families going through the process as well. The Anna Cheri Foundation, named after their Haitian baby girl, was founded to help families manage the cost(s) of adoption. Laura and I …
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Episode 3 | Brave Obedience | Abbie Phillips
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When Abbie was a little girl, she thought that one day she would grow up and be in the mission field working with children in some way. Little did she know that one day that mission field would actually be her own backyard. As a young woman, Abbie's path crossed with a special family who had answered the call to foster in their own lives. That rela…
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Episode 2 | Hurry Up and Wait | Kailey Birkeland
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It's been 11 years since Kailey and her husband, Dru, married and quickly began the process of trying to grow their family. But as friends and family around them saw their dreams of children becoming a reality, Dru and Kailey did not. Infertility reared its ugly head and the couple found themselves going down the rabbit hole of unsuccessful inferti…
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Episode 1 | Starting with the Adoptee | Kristi Bush
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At six weeks old, Kristi Bush was adopted out of the foster care system but it wasn't until she reached the age of eight that she was told she was adopted. This life-altering information was delivered as casually as someone saying, "Will you pass the ketchup, please?". It instantly threw Kristi into the throes of an identity crisis that would last …
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