I’m excited to introduce you to a new friend this week on the podcast. Her name is Kim Patton, and she’s an author as well as a foster and adoptive mom living in North Carolina with her husband, Kevin, and their daughters, Eden and Shiloh.
Her journey into foster parenting and eventually adoption came after she and her husband endured years of infertility. That’s obviously something my wife Emily and I can relate to, and I’m so grateful Kim let us in on her experience. It’s an amazing example of dealing with deferred dreams and accepting that God’s will is different from our own. I love how she explains the ways in which she’s found beauty through it all.
A big part of our conversation centers around her latest project, the Foster Mama Journal, which was created specifically for foster moms and families. Foster care can be a rather difficult endeavor, and Kim designed this journal to help foster moms process what they’re experiencing and reflect on what God may be teaching them along the way.
Kim shares about the ups and downs of foster and adoptive parenting, the lessons God has taught her through those experiences, and how writing has helped her navigate difficult seasons. We also talk about her broader writing journey and some of the books she’s published over the years.
If you’ve ever been connected to foster care or adoption, or simply walked through a season that felt heavy and uncertain, I think you’ll find a lot to resonate with in Kim’s story.
You can learn more about Kim and her work, including Foster Mama Journal, online at kimpatton.com, on Instagram @fostermamafriend, and on Substack. She’s also the host of the Book Therapy Podcast.
I’d also love to connect with you on Substack, where I write essays and share updates about future episodes. You can find that at The Road Ahead.
You can also find me on Instagram and Twitter @ColeClaybourn, and on Facebook under Cole Douglas Claybourn.
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