THIS is our why!

⭐️ I’m Destiny, a college student at Dalton State, and it’s been two years since I left Angel’s House after calling it home for almost 8 years. I’m going to say something I’ve heard a lot of former residents say over the years, and now I finally understand it. To this day, Angel’s House was the safest, warmest, happiest, most fun, and most stable place I have ever lived in my life. I miss it desperately. I’m inspired every single day to work hard, to honor the love, care, and consistency that were poured into me there. And one day, I hope to create a home with my own family that models the same love, safety, security, and joy I experienced at Angel’s House. I remember hearing a former resident joke that she’d come back to Angel’s House in a heartbeat if she could. At the time, I didn’t really get it. But now, being on my own, I understand exactly what she meant. There are many stories of foster youth looking back on placements with pain or trauma, and that was very real and true for some of my placements before Angel’s House. But I am deeply thankful that this is not my story of Angel’s House. When I look back on my time there, I feel nothing but love, appreciation, and longing. It was home in every way that mattered. Even now, the board and staff continue to be a huge support to me, and I am so incredibly thankful for each of them. Their impact didn’t end when I left, it continues to shape who I am becoming. So when you run, you run for residents past, present, and future, and for lives that are changed in ways that cannot be measured. You run for me. 🤍