Good morning world! Such blessings in my home today! I have 6 kids in my home this weekend, my 3, my new 2, and a friend of the boys. This morning there is no extra drama. Just the sounds of everyone getting up, dressed, getting chores done. Ready for the day.
It is these days that make the hard days easier to take. God's grace and love can be felt here now. Even when those cannot be felt, they are here.
I have heard that others could not be foster parents because they would get too attached and it would hurt to much when the kids went back to their parents.
Getting attached is a good thing for these kids. They are in care for a reason. A lot of them have attachment problems, so if they get attached to you, that is a good thing. Us getting attached to them is not a bad thing either.
Our primary goal as foster parents is to provide a safe place for these kids. There is a lot that goes into this simple statement. In our home, we want the kids to know that they are loved no matter what.
Does it hurt when kids leave our home? Yes it does. But I happen to think the time and blessings I get from the kids being in our home is worth the hurt!
What about you? Could you share your home and heart to be a foster parent?
Be blessed and be a blessing!!
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Back again
Good afternoon world. I use to blog in the mornings. However, so much has changed, I might start posting in the afternoon or evenings. I should be washing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen. But I would rather start this up again.
As I said, so much has changed. We have become foster parents again after about 11 years or so. We have had the thought of doing, then we would dismiss the thought. A friend of ours, a judge who sees these kids and their families,talked us into taking the classes again and start fostering. So we did.
The journey started out in an all day Saturday class with 4 other couples. I really enjoyed the class as well as my classmates. Our first kids were 4 little ones for respite care. Meaning we were to have them for 3 day, ended up having them for 7. They were a handful to say the least.
They left on a Tuesday morning. On Wednesday afternoon, I went to pick up 3 more kids, ages ranged from 15 down to 15 months. Those children we had in our home for just over a month before they went to a foster home in their home town. The oldest one needed to go to his school.
Was I sad to see them go? Definitely! I still miss them today and they have been gone since the beginning of August. So they left on a Tuesday. I called our license worker and teased her about her calling us the next day with kids. She said it might not happen that way. However, usually after the first couple of weeks of school, calls about kids would start coming in.
It was not the next day. It was 3 days later, a 13 year old arrived at our home. Because I thought I had at least a couple of weeks, I had decided to rearrange my kitchen, the cabinets, drawers, and counter tops. So needless to say, my kitchen was a mess as well as my dining room table. I finally got it finished a few days ago.
A couple of days ago, I was wondering around Walmart with my boys and yes, I get a call. Asking me about a 16 year old. While I was asking questions, I was praying to get direction. I also did this with each phone call about placing children. So as of now our family is up by 2.
I look at this as a ministry that we learn from every day! We can show God's love to these kids It shows me just how big our hearts can get.
That's all for today as I could go on and on. Be blessed and be a blessing.
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
As I said, so much has changed. We have become foster parents again after about 11 years or so. We have had the thought of doing, then we would dismiss the thought. A friend of ours, a judge who sees these kids and their families,talked us into taking the classes again and start fostering. So we did.
The journey started out in an all day Saturday class with 4 other couples. I really enjoyed the class as well as my classmates. Our first kids were 4 little ones for respite care. Meaning we were to have them for 3 day, ended up having them for 7. They were a handful to say the least.
They left on a Tuesday morning. On Wednesday afternoon, I went to pick up 3 more kids, ages ranged from 15 down to 15 months. Those children we had in our home for just over a month before they went to a foster home in their home town. The oldest one needed to go to his school.
Was I sad to see them go? Definitely! I still miss them today and they have been gone since the beginning of August. So they left on a Tuesday. I called our license worker and teased her about her calling us the next day with kids. She said it might not happen that way. However, usually after the first couple of weeks of school, calls about kids would start coming in.
It was not the next day. It was 3 days later, a 13 year old arrived at our home. Because I thought I had at least a couple of weeks, I had decided to rearrange my kitchen, the cabinets, drawers, and counter tops. So needless to say, my kitchen was a mess as well as my dining room table. I finally got it finished a few days ago.
A couple of days ago, I was wondering around Walmart with my boys and yes, I get a call. Asking me about a 16 year old. While I was asking questions, I was praying to get direction. I also did this with each phone call about placing children. So as of now our family is up by 2.
I look at this as a ministry that we learn from every day! We can show God's love to these kids It shows me just how big our hearts can get.
That's all for today as I could go on and on. Be blessed and be a blessing.
Just some of my thoughts and actions,
Elizabeth
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