Letting go is one of the hardest parts of fostering — and one of the most beautiful. Because when a kitten you’ve raised goes to a loving forever home, it means you’ve done your job perfectly.

Foster parents pour their hearts into caring for the tiniest, most fragile lives — and sometimes, despite everything, those lives slip away. At Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance, we want to say this clearly: You are not alone. You are not a failure. And your love mattered.