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Share a Story

Many people in our community have a story that, when shared, can help or inspire others. Whether it involves the rewards of watching a foster child learn to trust again and experience the simple joys of childhood that most kids take for granted, or your journey back from what seemed to be a hopeless situation, your story can provide inspiration from which others can draw strength.

Share your story here. Your willingness to communicate from the heart is much more important than your ability to write. If you prefer, call us at 407-398-7975 and say you want to share your story with someone. Either way, we will respect your wish to be anonymous, or to go by initials.

Do you have a story to share? See if any of these questions can serve as a starting point:

Do you see helping others as a part of your personal mission?
Was your family or someone you know touched by adoption?
Did a stranger ever care enough to help you get back on your feet?
Did you ever deal with addictions or homelessness or domestic violence either as an adult or as a child?
Were you ever in foster care?
Do you wish someone was there for you when you desperately needed help?

Again, these questions are just a place to begin. Please feel free to share any other experiences. To those who choose to let us into a part of your life through your story, we gratefully thank you.

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Testimonials

"Family Services of Metro Orlando helped me be a child when I needed to be a child. And they’re helping me become an adult now that it’s time for me to be a man. They haven’t let me down and have been a blessing in my life."
–JK, age 18.

"There’s always room for hope in a child’s heart and that child always needs that room to be filled. "
–CJR, age 16.

"Without Family Services of Metro Orlando being there for me, I’d probably be in the streets, you know, selling drugs, being in jail, probably dead."
–JA, age 20

"I didn’t always have somebody to take care of me so I really want to say that being in foster care kind of gave me an opportunity to go back into my childhood a little bit and then redevelop myself into an adult. "
–JK, age 18

"[Home is] somewhere I can hope and dream and be thinking of the future. It means I get a family and I can see the world the way I always wanted to."  
–CJR, age 17

"If people take the time and choose carefully, they’ll pick me."
–AL, age 14

"I see souls in these pictures. These are our children. They belong to this community."
–Dick Batchelor

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