Today, just a quote...

Today, just a short quote that I came across while I was looking for a phone number online. I'm not in the habit of quoting Oprah, but it stuck me as a succinct statement of something so important and I was relieved by her clarity. The foster care system sometimes has so many rules to navigate, the basic motivation seems to get buried.

My wish is that children be be treated as people, not as property; that their rights as human beings on the planet, to food, shelter, education and health, be taken seriously. - Oprah Winfrey