{"id":244962,"date":"2021-05-11T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=244962"},"modified":"2021-05-12T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T03:42:11","slug":"woman-fostered-81-newborns-three-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-fostered-81-newborns-three-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAZING: Woman has fostered 81 newborns over past three decades"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Linda Owens, a 78-year-old retired human resources manager from Hayward, California, has served as a foster mother to 81 infants over the last 34 years.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhat I do comes from my heart for every fragile infant who needs a good start in life,\u201d Owens <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>, according to a report by the Washington Post. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her first foster baby came to her in 1987 from Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services in Northern California.\u00a0<\/span>Since then, she has taken in several newborns each year. Often, the infants have been exposed to drugs in their mothers\u2019 wombs, so they remain with Owens under court orders until a judge determines they can be reunited with their parents or they are adopted.<\/span><\/p>\n