Honolulu Civil Beat | #HIStorytellers: You Weren’t Thrown Away by Joe O'Connell @civilbeat | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
After he grew up in foster care, Joe O’Connell felt compelled to become a foster parent himself. However, he discovered there were so many misconceptions about the relationship between foster children and the people trying to care for them.

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