Start with a neighbor’s knock and a teenage girl who says yes to helping, then fast‑forward to a woman who has turned that yes into a life shaped by care. We sit down with Khristina, a certified clinical medical assistant and devoted foster mom, to trace her path from bedside empathy to courtroom endurance, and why she chose “fostering to keep” even when the process became invasive, expensive, and emotionally heavy. Khristina opens up about welcoming a newborn whose cries signaled unmet need...