# Episode 279: Space in Our Hearts and in Our Homes (w/ Crystal Paine)

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Podcast: [The Forgotten Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-forgotten-podcast-435207)
Published: 2025-09-29T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/crystal-paine-279/
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Duration seconds: 2365

## Resource

Foster care has a way of changing how we see the world. It asks us to step into hard places, stay present, and let God reshape our perspective. For our latest guest, that’s meant gaining a richer perspective on biological parents, a deeper appreciation for the beauty and challenges of caring for children with disabilities, and so much more. Crystal Paine and her husband have been foster parents to two precious children—one who was medically fragile and reunified with his biological mom, and one who was born premature with significant disabilities, whom they later adopted. Crystal is passionate about supporting biological parents, advocating for children with disabilities, and living out the Gospel through foster care and adoption. In this episode, Crystal shares about leaning on our faith when we’re facing challenges that can be intimidating, how we can be intentional about offering dignity and grace to biological parents, some of the unique aspects of fostering a child with disabilities, and much more. Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes for this episode: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/ crystal-paine-279 /

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