At 16 years old, Stacy Johnson emancipated herself from foster care. No family. No safety net. No one waiting. Just herself and everything she'd survived across 9 homes since the age of 2. She was one of the thousands of kids who age out of the system every year not into a family — but into a trash bag of belongings and a birthday that marks the end of any support at all. She could have become a statistic. Instead she built a table — literally and figuratively — and she's changing what happens to kids the system was never designed to catch. This episode will break your heart and then put it back together stronger.

You'll learn: 🏠 What really happens when foster kids turn 18 💔 How nine rejections reshape a child 📸 Why missing childhood photos erase identity 🤝 Real help versus help that feels good 🌱 Why stability matters more than perfection ⚡ How one believer can change a life

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