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A Foster Mother Celebrated Mother’s Day With Hundreds Of Cards

Parenting July, 15, 2025

Being grown in care, Fiona was well acquainted with the worth of a home. As days of her life sped by, her compassion for kids got broaden at a faster pace. Finally, she decided to become a foster parent and braced herself up to shower unconditional love and care on the innocent souls. The gates of her house opened wider to let the little nuggets sneak in. She is blessed with three children- one son (aged 13) and two daughters (aged 10 and 8). Currently, she is moving ahead with four brothers-all aged at most 6 and her kids.

Not alone in her noble pursuit, she is powered up by her husband (Paul). The couple resides in the West Midlands. Their solicitude pushed them to join Foster Care Associates. The result is absolutely fantastic as they have fostered around 15 children in 6 years. Their house is now home to the aforementioned people and 18-year old Shannon Clifton who had also been fostered by the great couple.

To look after so many souls under one roof is certainly a hard nut to crack. Life of Fiona is too in synchronization with this fact. She has to get up early to drop each of her six babies at four different schools. She has to toil hard to assuage everybody’s need. The family consumes 14 loaves of bread, 70 bananas and 84 pints of milk every week. So her work gets tougher as she can not budge her budget.

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Most of the children fostered by them have moved on to different corners but her arduous nature and lovely deeds continue to chime in their minds. So they do not miss the pious occasion of Mother’s Day to express their gratitude to her. As a result, her house turns into a gift gallery with cards and wishes. Fiona is in love with this day and digs out hard for the way to manage her gifts and bounties. Also, she cooks a big platter of delicacies to celebrate the day with her big family.

People like Fiona are hard to be found in our metallic world. She too laments the fact that the UK is suffering a shortfall of 8000 foster families. As shared by her, one needs to attain the age of 21 and should possess a spare room to be a foster parent. Her appeal has to be amplified by worldwide support and awareness. Only then one can contemplate the future of our globe.

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