Sep 06, 2014 09:00AM ● By Bev Carlson
It’s just depressing, to be honest.Every hour or so, another email comes. Sometimes, it’s every 45 minutes. A child has been removed from th...
Aug 19, 2014 09:00AM ● By Bev Carlson
Little 5-year-old Emma already knows her ABCs. Well, most of them. And she can count to five. Sometimes all the way to seven.But is she re...
Jul 28, 2014 02:33PM ● By Bev Carlson
Jane tried to kill herself three times. In rapid succession. She came to Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) after being hospitalized...
Jun 19, 2014 02:02PM ● By Bev Carlson
She may have been young, but Kassie (not her real name) knew one thing for sure—when she had children, she would not beat them. After spendi...
Mar 20, 2014 09:36AM ● By Bev Carlson
Jamie* simply didn’t know what to do. She couldn’t find a job. Had no money. Really didn’t care anymore. It was easier to just lie on the so...
Feb 16, 2014 02:00PM ● By Bev Carlson
Being a child in the foster care system can be lonely and confusing. Just ask Tabitha. Shuffled from one home to another, one town to anothe...
Jan 14, 2014 02:20PM ● By Bev Carlson
My life as a mother is entering a whole new level of scary.I’ve dealt with the baby turning blue, the disappearing toddler, and the fear of ...
Dec 14, 2013 09:20AM ● By Bev Carlson
When I was a little girl, I knew my house was going to burn down. I didn’t just fear it. I knew it. I didn’t know when. I didn’t know how. B...
Nov 01, 2013 02:30PM ● By Bev Carlson
I’ve worked at Lutheran Family Services for well over three years now, and I can pinpoint my toughest day at work.It was the day I was inter...
Sep 24, 2013 10:41AM ● By Bev Carlson
It took me a really long time to get organized. Not this morning or this week—I mean since high school.I was one of those irritating kids wh...
Aug 16, 2013 03:07PM ● By Bev Carlson
Moving up a grade is one thing. Moving up to the next tier is entirely another.The next tier, of course, is the shift between elementary sch...
Jul 22, 2013 11:17AM ● By Bev Carlson
Men hold incredible power over the future their daughters will experience. Sometimes, I have to wonder how many fathers realize that. And ho...
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