My interviews
with women of God.
I have known Keitha Parton all my life, but there were
many years that we did not see each other. When I saw
her again, her son pictured in the middle was about two
months old. I greatly admire both her and her husband for
the Godly work that they do.
PPM: How did God move you (and Scott) to become
foster parents in the beginning?
My body and pregnancy just didn’t go together. I stayed
morbidly sick with each pregnancy and spent more time in
the hospital, hooked up to IV fluids, than I did at home.
So, when our youngest daughter was born, we made the
decision for me to have a tubal ligation, which
was a procedure that would render me infertile. Scott and I had always wanted more children, but
just couldn’t have them. Then, in the early 2000’s I found out I was pregnant, and we were
ecstatic!! What a blessing and a miracle at the same time. Then, several days later I miscarried and
we were devastated. After grieving for our loss, we decided that we would like to pursue
adopting a child. We checked into international adoption and the cost was way beyond anything
we could ever afford. We checked into domestic adoption and were afraid that we would get a
child, become attached, then the birth family would change their mind. So we started to pray
that God would either take the burden for more children away, or let me conceive again. That
didn’t happen.
At the same time, my sister-in-law was a foster parent in a neighboring county. She would often
tell me about the children they had living in their home, and the circumstances ou Ё