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Promise of Safety – Recovering from Abuse

by beanstalk | Apr 23, 2018 | Adoption, Blog, foster care, Parenting

Bentley was just four-months old when he was brought into the care of LFCS. After his birth parents shook and suffocated him to near death, he spent three weeks in the ICU recovering. The abuse left Bentley blind and with a feeding tube. That was just the beginning of...

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