RiseUP Blog

What doors can we open, if we open the door for creativity and chasing our dreams? Hope. People living instead of just existing...

In this parent workshop, Love’s Arm advocacy team members Mimi Nikkel and Brandon Culpepper addressed the important topic of sex trafficking. They shared how parents can recognize the signs of human trafficking, help their children establish a healthy sexual identity, and teach their kids SMARTS.

Over the years in my counseling practice, I noticed that the majority of teenagers would refuse to tell their parents about their...

Happy Friday, RISERS! I can’t believe we are heading into a holiday weekend. Sunday is the Fourth of July, and that means…

Good and bad people don’t really exist. We are all both good and bad, because we are human. You can’t know good without the bad, and vice versa; you must choose based on the desires of your heart and what you truly want.

When you impact the life of a child in a positive or negative way, you are creating the hearts, hands, voices, and minds of tomorrow. Do you want to leave a lasting impression on this Earth that is positive or negative?

Mami’s life has shown me how great an impact one person can have regardless of age, race, or income.

Adoption is a really big change.

Yes, it’s hard but we can do hard things. You’ve done hard things before too.

We are excited to share this recap of a recent Parent Workshop we hosted, led by the Shepherds of Men!

Life since we choose to foster and adopt has been just like we expected..... Said no foster or adoptive parent ever!

The moment we told that someone to place our home study on these children, we knew we would be delving into the depths of the sea with them, because giving up on them was not an option.