It’s a hectic morning at the home of Kathleen O’Donnell and her wife, Casey. Kathleen is getting their 4-year-old foster daughter ready for the park. She got placed with them overnight. Casey is wrangling the four dogs. They’ve already got their 11-year-old son off to school.
They live on a tree-lined street in Billings, Mont. It’s a place they’ve called home since 2014.
“All of my family lives in Billings, so with a kid we wanted to be near them,” Kathleen said.
View the complete October 7 article by Leila Fadel on the National Public Radio website here.