Ryan and Kayla North are co-founders of One Big Happy Home, an organization that offers practical strategies, guidance, and resources for caregivers whose adoptive children are dealing with trauma, behavior challenges and attachment issues.
Over the past 10 years, the Norths have fostered nearly 30 children. They currently have six kids — two biological and four adopted — ages 22 to 13. But foster parenting wasn’t part of the Norths’ original intent for their family. They assumed they’d follow a more traditional path. But then God called them to adoption.
Initially, Ryan and Kayla approached foster care with a “rescuer” mentality. They had a lot of love to give, they wanted to grow their family, and they wanted to help children in need. But they didn’t anticipate the inherent challenges that color many adoption and foster care stories. | 
