It is one week before Christmas. Today our "inspiration children" were taken off the list of available kids. Surprisingly, I felt happy for them & their Christmas family.
Then the youngest was re-posted alone.
I am heartbroken for him & his siblings. Another loss in their young lives. I don't know the situation, and couldn't possibly guess (nor is it my business) what happened with the older two, but I'm thinking of him tonight & hoping he doesn't feel too alone. I'm hoping he has a wonderful foster family who is able to console him & hug him tight.
Adopting older kids from foster care is really really difficult sometimes. Even knowing the kids all have heartbreaking stories in their past, it is humbling to watch the small window I have into their lives as more heartbreak unfolds. I spent what was probably too much time weaving a story of what "could" have happened and how it "may still" become a happily-ever-after story. My husband thinks I'm a little nuts, but I needed to find that possibility in order to process the emotions of the day. I can't imagine how a child copes with this stuff. I hope he can imagine a happily-ever-after story for himself.
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