In developing Big Family Solutions, we have come to the conclusion, that we want our business to be so much more than a "Business"! What is it that we stand for; what drives us to sell what we sell, and write what we write? Dan's been reading "Art of the Start" by Guy Kawasaki and he talks about mantras. A mantra can be explained as a word or group of words that is considered as "An expression of being or what is inherently true in you", and reciting it can be crucial to maintaining the order of it. Wow, that's kind of alot :) But simply put, we do have something that drives us, and a passion where our hearts lie! With that thought, we have decided that our mantra is "Healing Little Hearts".
As Dan mentioned in our first post, we have 5 girls, with 1 adopted and 2 in the process of adopting (not to mention the 13 other kiddos that we have called ours in the last 4 yrs). It's not too hard to figure out that our hearts lie in Foster care and Adoption!
So what does "Healing Little Hearts" mean to us? Obviously, children that are in foster care or adoptive homes, come from situations that are less than fabulous. And, no matter what their history is, they have greatly hurting hearts from, at the minimum, their tiny lives being pulled from everything that was familiar. Every child entering foster care or adoption has a hurting heart and is in dire need of healing.
Well, needless to say, Dan and I care deeply for these kids and open our home to as many as we can. However, our desire to help "Heal Little Hearts" goes farther than our four walls. We understand that we can only physically touch so many Little Hearts, and there are so many more out there. They are in homes like yours! We want to help families who foster and adopt to thrive. What better way to help Heal MORE Little Hearts!! We need to join together to learn about our hurting kiddos and how to best love them and to support each other in our everyday living in order to do far more than just survive, but to THRIVE!
