Jenell M. Jones is the author of “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Jenell-M-Jones-M-Ed-ebook/dp/B0C5CPY345/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QR5H2FSMG7S9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.X4IfsWYpAgp1d-yWpgWtvw.uVjPd8rF4cntIVlDyqHwZu4zuZq5ZafKSkfOb3_PwXQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=shattered+jenell+jones&qid=1708720148&sprefix=shattered+jen%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1">Shattered</a>,” a book that shares her experience as an adoptive mother. Last week we heard her story on adopting Mercy from the foster care system. Mercy joined the family of 6 children and had many mental and physical traumas that affected her day-to-day life. On part two, Jenell talks about how the system is set up to help children but often fails to provide resources to help foster children heal and be able to thrive in a family. On this episode she shares about the next level of trauma that vulnerable children could face. How does adoption and foster care play into human trafficking? What is being done to protect our children?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Jenell M. Jones is the author of “&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Jenell-M-Jones-M-Ed-ebook/dp/B0C5CPY345/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QR5H2FSMG7S9&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.X4IfsWYpAgp1d-yWpgWtvw.uVjPd8rF4cntIVlDyqHwZu4zuZq5ZafKSkfOb3_PwXQ&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=shattered+jenell+jones&amp;qid=1708720148&amp;sprefix=shattered+jen%2Caps%2C211&amp;sr=8-1"&gt;Shattered&lt;/a&gt;,” a book that shares her experience as an adoptive mother. Last week we heard her story on adopting Mercy from the foster care system. Mercy joined the family of 6 children and had many mental and physical traumas that affected her day-to-day life. On part two, Jenell talks about how the system is set up to help children but often fails to provide resources to help foster children heal and be able to thrive in a family. On this episode she shares about the next level of trauma that vulnerable children could face. How does adoption and foster care play into human trafficking? What is being done to protect our children?&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Jenell M. Jones is the author of “,” a book that shares her experience as an adoptive mother. Last week we heard her story on adopting Mercy from the foster care system. Mercy joined the family of 6 children and had many mental and physical...

Shattered Part Two: Author Jenell M. Jones Shares Her Story on Foster Care and Human Trafficking [S7E18]

Jenell M. Jones is the author of “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Jenell-M-Jones-M-Ed/dp/B0BWSCKZS6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shattered</a>,” a book that shares her experience as an adoptive mother. Jenell is currently operating multiple early learning centers, which specialize in providing high quality learning experiences to children who experience trauma in low-income areas, while also raising 7 children! When she brought home Mercy she found out that her expectations about adoption were shattered.  Her passion is helping foster parents and adoptive parents ask the right questions on this journey. In this episode we get very real about the day-to-day challenges of raising children with mental and physical trauma. She gives advice to parents (and soon to be parents) on what they need to hear most about the foster care system. What questions do you ask social workers? What do you need to be prepared for when bringing home an older child? What do you need to know about trauma and loss?  This episode helps us understand how important it is that children find healing and what resources Jenell had to use to hopefully lead her daughter to find truth and peace in her story.

<description>&lt;p class="yiv1409418519p1"&gt;Jenell M. Jones is the author of “&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Jenell-M-Jones-M-Ed/dp/B0BWSCKZS6" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Shattered&lt;/a&gt;,” a book that shares her experience as an adoptive mother. Jenell is currently operating multiple early learning centers, which specialize in providing high quality learning experiences to children who experience trauma in low-income areas, while also raising 7 children! When she brought home Mercy she found out that her expectations about adoption were shattered.&lt;span class= "yiv1409418519apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="yiv1409418519p1"&gt;Her passion is helping foster parents and adoptive parents ask the right questions on this journey. In this episode we get very real about the day-to-day challenges of raising children with mental and physical trauma. She gives advice to parents (and soon to be parents) on what they need to hear most about the foster care system. What questions do you ask social workers? What do you need to be prepared for when bringing home an older child? What do you need to know about trauma and loss?&lt;span class= "yiv1409418519apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="yiv1409418519p1"&gt;This episode helps us understand how important it is that children find healing and what resources Jenell had to use to hopefully lead her daughter to find truth and peace in her story.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Jenell M. Jones is the author of “,” a book that shares her experience as an adoptive mother. Jenell is currently operating multiple early learning centers, which specialize in providing high quality learning experiences to children who experience...

Shattered Part One: Author Jenell M. Jones Shares Her Foster to Adopt Story [S7E17]

President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has joined ADOPTION NOW for an incredible interview. Rita Soronen has worked on behalf of abused, neglected and vulnerable children for more than 30 years.  As the leader of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity, her mission is to dramatically increase the number of adoptions from foster care. They are working hard to find permanent families for the more than 140,000 waiting children in the United States foster care system. The non-profit was inspired by Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s fast-food restaurant chain, who was adopted himself! Rita shares his story, as well as her own journey in working with families and children. If you are interested in adopting an older child from the foster care system, this episode is for you!

<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; President &amp; CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has joined ADOPTION NOW for an incredible interview. Rita Soronen has worked on behalf of abused, neglected and vulnerable children for more than 30 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "yiv7511708511apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #1d2228; background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="outline: none !important; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0px;"&gt;As the leader of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a national nonprofit public charity,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class= "yiv7511708511apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #1d2228; background: white;"&gt; her&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;"&gt; mission is to dramatically increase the number of adoptions from foster care. They are working hard to find permanent families for the more than 140,000 waiting children in the United States foster care system. The non-profit was inspired by Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s fast-food restaurant chain, who was adopted himself! Rita shares his story, as well as her own journey in working with families and children. If you are interested in adopting an older child from the foster care system, this episode is for you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has joined ADOPTION NOW for an incredible interview. Rita Soronen has worked on behalf of abused, neglected and vulnerable children for more than 30 years.  As the leader of the...

Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption: Rita Soronen, President and CEO, Speaks on Foster Care and Adoption [S7E16]

Author Sarah D. Shearer joins ADOPTION NOW to talk about her adoption story.  In her words, her story started off with little hope, “I was born with various medical needs and was left in a Russian hospital where nuns helped to keep me alive until I was transferred to an orphanage.” The Russian orphanage was convinced that no one would want her, but a family in Thomasville, GA saw her picture and fell in love. This is an uplifting story filled with gratitude and grace towards adoption. Sarah has written a memoir called “Extra Ordinary” to share her positive perspective. She says, “no one can speak to adoption more than an adoptee.” Listen to this episode and check out her book on

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Author Sarah D. Shearer joins ADOPTION NOW to talk about her adoption story.  In her words, her story started off with little hope, “I was born with various medical needs and was left in a Russian hospital where nuns helped to keep me...

Grateful Adoptee: Author Sarah D. Shearer Shares Her Adoption Story From Russia [S7E15]

PART 2!! As we heard on the last episode, Jacob and Jessica already had 2 biological children when they adopted a baby boy while being filmed on the Oxygen show “I am Having Their Baby.” The family of 5 soon became a family of 6, as they went on to adopt a little boy with clubfoot. On this week’s episode Jessica shares how their journey was not over after 2 adoptions! As they waited on the agency’s adoption list, a situation came up that involved drug exposure to the unborn baby. The couple had to make a quick decision if they wanted to keep moving forward and say yes. Listen to hear the rest of the J Family's story!

<description>&lt;p class="yiv9233730879p2" style="margin: 0in; background: white;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"&gt; PART 2!! As we heard on the last episode, Jacob and Jessica already had 2 biological children when they adopted a baby boy while being filmed on the Oxygen show “I am Having Their Baby.” The family of 5 soon became a family of 6, as they went on to adopt a little boy with clubfoot. On this week’s episode Jessica shares how their journey was not over after 2 adoptions! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40);"&gt;As they waited on the agency’s adoption list, a situation came up that involved drug exposure to the unborn baby. The couple had to make a quick decision if they wanted to keep moving forward and say yes. Listen to hear the rest of the J Family's story!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

PART 2!! As we heard on the last episode, Jacob and Jessica already had 2 biological children when they adopted a baby boy while being filmed on the Oxygen show “I am Having Their Baby.” The family of 5 soon became a family of 6, as they went on...

Ready, Set, Adoption Part 2: The J Family Continues Their Adoption Journey [S7E14]

Real stories about the joys and challenges of the adoption journey. You'll hear from parents and families who've been through infant and international adoption, foster-to-adopt, and even embryo adoption. These inspiring stories are told from the perspective of the adoptee, birth parent or adoptive parent.

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