The past two days have been interesting to say the least. Yesterday early in the morning, I got a call from fostercare placement saying that they needed a home for two - two year olds for respite care for four days. I accepted them all the while trying to figure out where they would sleep, if the car seats would fit in my car, ect. About four hours later, their foster mom called and said that there was a problem with my foster license and so only one child could be placed with us.
Our foster license is for one legal risk and one foster child. Apparently the legal risk people don't want to use the bed for a foster child - even though it would take weeks for a legal risk child to be placed. Oh well. They are supposed to be looking into this problem for us.
Anyway, we didn't really find out until about ten last night that we would for sure be getting only one child. I went to pick her up this morning from her daycare. She is the sweetest little two year old in the world! She is so good and quiet. She looked up at me when we got to my car and asked where her mommy was, but other than that she has been totally fine being with me.
Austin is enjoying having someone his age to play with. And they both took their naps very well. So all in all my first foray into this foster world has been good.
I have been so touched though about how difficult these kids lives really. Look at this situation through the eyes of a child. Here she is, taken from her family, placed in foster care, now placed in a different home for four days with people she doesn't know. She is just a baby. Wow, makes me really want to pray harder for these kids!! Won't you join me?
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