Foster care fills the nest

Trish Michels and her husband, Keith, are fostering children in Sunraysia. Picture: Ben Gross
Karli Farrell

TRISH Michels and her husband, Keith Kayler-Thomson, are a long way from their kids and grandkids in Geelong, and to help relieve pressure on the out-of-home care system and fill the void of empty nest syndrome, they decided last year to become foster parents. And Mother’s Day, which is on Sunday, can be tricky to […]

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