This Will All Be Good: Jamie and Ben on Saying Yes to Kinship in the Middle of Everything Else

Jamie was 42, pregnant with her fifth child, newly married to Ben, and parenting four older kids from her first marriage. Then the call came about her one month old niece. In this episode, Jamie and Ben share what it took to say yes together, why they never regretted it even when the moment felt overwhelming, and how their older kids modeled love in a way that made kinship care feel natural. They talk about the car ride when they told their niece about her birth mother, her simple answer that she has two moms, and Ben's phrase for the support system every kinship family needs. Build your hive. Learn more about the Public Children Services Association of Ohio and the work Mike & Ashley are doing at https://www.pcsao.org. Jamie and Ben gave us their full permission to share their story in this format.