Allison Borsuk-Geogandas became a foster mother on Super Bowl Sunday, 2017. She was hosting her family for the game when foster care workers arrived with a 20-month-old boy who needed a loving home — right away.
The family sprang into action: Borsuk-Geogandas' nieces, then 3 and 8, played with him. Her brother tossed a ball back and forth with him.
But after they left, it was just Borsuk-Geogandas and a scared, overweight child who struggled to communicate. She tried bathing him to calm him down — didn't work. When she put him in the crib, his reaction made her think he had never seen a crib before. She held him until he fell asleep.
"It's a very humbling experience for somebody to trust you when they've lost everything that they know in a matter of minutes, and they don't understand what's going on," she said.
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