Luke and Jillana Goble are parents to five children ranging in age from preteen to young adult. They fostered children and eventually ended up adopting. In 2019, Jillana published No Sugar-Coating, a book with practical suggestions on fostering children. Now she has released a new book entitled A Love-Stretched Life: Wrangling Hope, Embracing the Unexpected & Discovering the Meaning of Family.
In this episode we talk about how they reconnected with a child that was in their home for some time, and he has now rejoined their family as an adult! This interview shows us that when showing true love in fostering, you can still plant seeds that last a lifetime, even when the child does not stay in your home permanently.
We also talk about the wonderful and often complicated relationships between birth parents and adoptive parents. If you like this episode check out next week, when we bring the birth mother of Jillana’s son on for an interview!
Extraordinary Adoption: Marlin and Lisa’s Story on Adopting Children with Special Needs [S6E9]
Infertility and Infant Loss: Kim Kriesel Shares her Experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor [S6E8]
"What is Your Story?” Lynn Deiulis Shares her Story as an Adopted Person [S6E7]
The Hands and Feet: Delivering Help and Hope Josh and Bailey’s Adoption Story [S6E6]
Ukraine, Foster Care, Infant and Embryo Adoption: Liz and Michael's Story [S6E5]
Creating PairTree: Jaime and Erin Quick's Adoption Story [S6E4]
Never Give Up: Zach and Richelle’s Adoption Story [S6E3]
From Loss to Love: Chris and Ruthie Lydon's Story [S6E2]
Welcome Back ADOPTION NOW [S6E1]
Noah and April Say Goodbye to Season 5: With Special Guest AJ [S5E18]
Abortion vs. Adoption: Adrian Collins Shares Her Experience [S5E17]
Adoption in the Church: Aaron and Kelli's Story [S5E16]
Our Road to Adoption: Earl and Rebecca’s Story from the UK [S5E15]
An Adoptive Mother’s Intuition: How Nicole Ketchum Found her Daughter Lulu [S5E14]
How Being Adopted Led to Becoming an Adoption Therapist: Kathy Mackecheny’s Story [S5E13]
From Social Worker to Adoptive Mom: Veronica Arteaga’s Story [S5E12]
Adoption Lessons Learned: Natalie Marcotte’s Challenging Second Adoption [S5E11]
Adoption Scam: Matt & Laura Trayte’s Devastating Story [S5E10]
Mrs. Colorado 2016 Erica Shield’s Amazing Adoption Story [S5E9]
Celebrating 3 Years of ADOPTION NOW! [S5E8]
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