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My Soapbox...Possum Trot

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 WARNING! This is my personal soapbox, if you do not want to continue reading, I have specifically not posted this to my regular social media so that no one has to actually read it. If you have come this far and clicked on this link, you may be more invested in my thoughts but read at your own risk . We went to see the movie, The Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot. This movie follows a small town in Texas, specifically a church group,  in the late 90's that adopts over 70 children from the foster care system over roughly two years. It begins with the Donna, Wife of  pastor W.C Martin losing her mom and in turn feeling lost. She feels this call from God to do something to make her life more like her mothers by serving. She decides to adopt children; when she breaks this to her husband he is not hearing the call from God, but eventually realizes they NEED to do this. After having a sibling set placed with them, WC realizes more and more how important this call was to take in vul