Goals of Recovery

As former foster children, we believe there are certain goals we need to pursue in order to secure a better future. These goals are:

1. Make better decisions in our lives by becoming aware of how the past affects our decisions today

2. Become more patient and tolerant

3. Achieve better self-esteem

4. Cut the cords of shame that binds us by realizing that the abuses of the past are not our fault

5. Improve the quality of our life and our standard of living

6. Enhance the quality of our social and intimate relationships

7. Be able to reach out to others who feel lost or abandoned

It is our hope that as we endeavor to reach these goals, we will begin to cast our own shadow rather than live in it.