The hard part

[Abbey2]

Me and the wife are new foster parents, we received 2 children Dec 8th of this last year(2008) the girl is 11 and the younger brother is 7. We do have one biologilcal daughter(15). The whole family had alot of issues to resolve, we all went thru alot. We are a pretty tight bonded family. Well we just found out today they get to gome for good to their real mom the end of this month. I know we are going to miss them. Hopefully "the system" has done enough investigation that the kids will be safe when they go home to their mom.

[ThePowerMan]

That is the toughest part of being Foster Parents. I believe that the reason we continue to foster is the hope that somehow during that 5 months you had these children that a seed was planted in their hearts to let them know that life can be different. Many of these kids come from lower income families and I want them to know that if you get an education, work hard, and love each other......well, you can have the things and family like we have. I believe that if you have a kid for even only one day that God may have placed him/her there just to keep something bad from happening.

We had a little girl last weekend (only for the weekend) and we went water skiing. We had kids of our own and foster kids, too. On Saturday night when we were getting ready for bed, she came in to our room and told us that this was the best day of her life. And the sad thing is ........she meant it.

That's why we have fostered 15+ kids and will continue to do this until God has another plan for us. Pray for the kids when they leave you. Really....sit down and pray with them. They will understand now and it could change their life forever. Good luck.

[Nikki]

Letting go is the hardest part for me. Our first placement was a 3 week old baby and we had him for 6 months. It felt like life had ended. I can tell you that with each placement it gets a little easier. This sounds terrible but you learn not to forget that they will be leaving. Let yourself and your family have some grieving time and I share in your hope that "the system" did their job.