In the late 1990s, with their now-37-year-old son then grown, John and Catherine Griffin of Little Rock talked and planned of one day becoming foster parents and opening their hearts and home to other children needing a loving family, writes Linda S. Caillouet in Wednesday’s Family section.
But tragedy struck. As John was preparing to retire, he was diagnosed with cancer and died Dec. 11, 1998.
“After he died, I thought, ‘Well, I can forget about doing that,’ says Griffin, now 61. But she didn’t give up, and today she shares her home and her life with three young girls who came to her through the foster care system. See Wednesday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more about foster families and the ongoing search to recruit more foster parents in Arkansas.