Cristi Donoso Best

Cristi Donoso Best is a pediatric speech-language pathologist and former foster mom. Her writing has appeared in The Threepenny Review, Mothers Always Write, Literary Mama, and Gravel. You can find her on Twitter @whalesfordays.

Life

Foster parenting broke our hearts—and we’d do it all over again

Every joyful experience with him and his family was tinged with grief. When he laughed or smiled, we wondered exactly how many more times we would get to snuggle him, tickle him, play peek-a-boo with him.