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Skelly May 11, 2025

A little boy once called someone a "piece of crap," and it cracked open something in me. His honesty, unfiltered and raw, challenged the way I speak, love, and hold back. I revisit this old post with fresh eyes and a softer heart—because maybe we all carry a little piece of crap inside us, and maybe that’s okay if we’re willing to grow.
#HonestReflection #TruthTelling #CommunicationStruggles #EmotionalGrowth #KindergartenLessons #FosterCareAwareness #BoldAndLoving…

http://fabricthatmademe.com/2025/05/11/little-piece-of-crap/

When Honesty Stings: What a Child Taught Me About Speaking the Truth

Revisiting a story of a bold kindergartener, this heartfelt reflection explores the raw beauty and difficulty of honest communication, emotional restraint, and the fine line between care and silence.

Growing in Grace: Stories of Faith, Family, and Transformation

Mark C Marino Sep 28, 2024

Enter Mrs. Wobbles & the Tangerine House 🌟, where foster kids face magical adventures—and YOU make the choices that help them grow. Ready to "face them fears"? #CYOA #fostercareawareness #interactivefiction #middlegrade

Wrote these stories with my kids!

https://markcmarino.com/mrsw/

Mrs. Wobbles & the Tangerine Hosue

Mark C Marino May 23, 2024

D and I offer our Find Your Way book: Unboxing for your Foster Care Awareness reading.

https://bit.ly/unboxingzon

It's a #middlegrade #CYOA #fostercareawareness #fostercare

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🏳️‍🌈 Bri 🌞🚴🌱✨May 14, 2024

TheConsciousLee on YT is raising funds for The Rightway Foundation. They help young people that age out of foster care try to kickstart their lives and avoid homelessness.

Currently 910/15000
https://therightwayfoundation.networkforgood.com/

Context
https://youtube.com/shorts/6SfNCGavEqo
https://bio.site/theconsciouslee

#FosterCareAwareness #Homelessness

Help us provide Emergency Housing for Foster Youth

No young adult should wait another night to be safe, housed, and on the path to stability. RightWay's supportive housing provides dedicated housing for young adults coming out of the foster care system. In order to receive our supportive housing, post-emancipation foster youth must enroll with us and participate in a four-day trauma-in...

The RightWay Foundation

Mark C Marino Sep 7, 2023

Here's the new cover of our find-your-way story! UnBoxing!

https://bit.ly/unboxingzon

#middlegrade #cyoa #fostercareawareness

Mark C Marino Aug 30, 2023

UnBoxing our new Mrs. Wobbles adventure, available now!

https://bit.ly/unboxingzon

#cyoa #middlegradebooks #uf #fostercareawareness

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Mark C Marino Aug 23, 2023

Playing around with a 3D version of the UnBoxing cover by Brian Gallagher. Our new Mrs. Wobbles story is now available in eBook and print editons! https://bit.ly/unboxingzon

#middlegrade #uf #fostercareawareness #cyoa

Unboxing (Mrs. Wobbles and the Tangerine House: Find Your Way tales) - Kindle edition by Family, The Marino, Marino, Mark. Children Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Unboxing (Mrs. Wobbles and the Tangerine House: Find Your Way tales) - Kindle edition by Family, The Marino, Marino, Mark. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Unboxing (Mrs. Wobbles and the Tangerine House: Find Your Way tales).

Mark C Marino Jul 9, 2023

Beginning the process of making the print version of Mrs. Wobbles' UnBoxing.

https://bit.ly/unboxingzon

#fostercareawareness

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Mark C Marino Jun 9, 2023

Storybooks concludes
art by Brian Gallagher
preview version available here to read! https://bit.ly/unboxingzon
#coronationwebcomic

#fostercare #fostercareawareness
#middlegrade #urbanfantasy #childrensbooks #cyoa

Mark C Marino May 8, 2023

Want stories about foster care? Check out Mrs. Wobbles & The Tangerine House, Find Your Way stories my kids and I have been writing. We are a fost-adopt forever family and our magical adventure stories grow out of that exeperience.
https://markcmarino.com/mrsw/

#fostercareawareness