Mildred 'Mikki' Murray started taking care of foster children in 1978.
Patty Machelor When Mildred"Mikki" Murray started taking care of foster children in 1978, she thought her lungs would eventually slow her down.
Murray started fostering children within a few years of moving to Tucson from New York City in the mid-1970s. Her lungs were unhealthy, and Murray and her husband hoped the dry desert air would help. The couple eventually divorced, and Murray kept on fostering. Some of the kids were only with her a day or two, others lived with her for years.
Murray remembers helping a child with a disability learn how to walk, and caring for children with challenges like spina bifida and cerebral palsy. She taught some kids to swim and others how to use the bus system. She took them to amusement parks and introduced them to foods from all over the world.
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