The Phone Call That Changed Everything

In 2015, twenty-six-year-old Stefanie Davis was stocking shelves at a grocery store in rural Kentucky when her phone buzzed. A social worker was on the line. Three siblings — ages two, four, and six — needed an emergency foster home by nightfall. Their mother had been arrested. There was no one else. Stefanie was single, living in a one-bedroom apartment, barely making rent.…