She Still Calls Me | Brenda

Brenda grew up watching her mother say yes to a boy no one else wanted. Decades later, she found herself standing in a shelter, being told she wasn't the mom — and that's when everything changed.Growing up in El Salvador, Brenda learned early that caring for a child without a home wasn't heroic — it was just the right answer to an obvious need. When infertility led her and her husband toward foster-to-adopt, she thought she understood what she was walking into. She didn't. What she found instead was the slow, holy unraveling of her need for control, her instinct to judge, and her definition of what a blessing actually is.In this episode of the Running Toward Podcast, Brenda opens up about:- Growing up in El Salvador watching her mother adopt a boy no one else claimed- Navigating infertility and saying yes to foster care and adoption- The shelter moment that stripped away every need for control- Learning that her calling was to be a mom — not a judge- The heartbreak of adoption day and why it felt like both an ending and a beginning- Building a lasting friendship with her daughters' biological mother years after reunification- What she told her daughter when she was afraid loving two moms meant betraying oneHer story is a quiet invitation: you don't need a perfectly prepared heart. You just need a bed, a willingness to show up, and the courage to let go of the rest.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The Running Toward Podcast is brought to you by South Texas Alliance For Orphans — transforming the foster care crisis in San Antonio and surrounding areas.🔔 Subscribe so you never miss a story🌐 Get involved → southtexasalliancefororphans.org━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#FosterCare #Adoption #RunningTowardPodcast