Hey guys. Some of you know me and most of you don’t.
Long story short my wife and I started fostering a pair of siblings 4&5 last year and have had them for a solid year. We poured our heart and soul into them and they got really close to us. It was amazing watching them go from having 0 alphabet and number understanding to being able to almost read. Don’t get me wrong, the girl had many issues that may have been trauma related and the boy had severe angry blow ups often throwing and hitting us with things. Through it all we made a ton of progress and they grew to want a deep relationship with both us and God.
Well yesterday we got the dreaded phone call saying they were going back soon.... then got a call at 2pm tonight saying they were going back at 5pm tonight. So frankly my wife and I have had 0 time to prepare, pack and make things ready. Thankfully our families all rushed over to say tearful goodbyes and helped pack. Truth be told my wife and I are both angry, crushed and depressed by this sudden turn of events.... and I like most males feel liberated in a sense and mad in a thousand other ways. I also am ****** off at myself for not handling myself better, loving them more and being more gracious to their crazy issues. For those of you who have fostered or been around it you know what we are going through. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. All I can do now is hope and pray that the family they went back to loves, protects and provided for them. My wife and I are crushed to say the least. We knew this wouldn’t be easy but CRAP this sucks! Pray for peace for us and the kids that God will have His perfect work and be gloried in the midst of this. Thanks
Long story short my wife and I started fostering a pair of siblings 4&5 last year and have had them for a solid year. We poured our heart and soul into them and they got really close to us. It was amazing watching them go from having 0 alphabet and number understanding to being able to almost read. Don’t get me wrong, the girl had many issues that may have been trauma related and the boy had severe angry blow ups often throwing and hitting us with things. Through it all we made a ton of progress and they grew to want a deep relationship with both us and God.
Well yesterday we got the dreaded phone call saying they were going back soon.... then got a call at 2pm tonight saying they were going back at 5pm tonight. So frankly my wife and I have had 0 time to prepare, pack and make things ready. Thankfully our families all rushed over to say tearful goodbyes and helped pack. Truth be told my wife and I are both angry, crushed and depressed by this sudden turn of events.... and I like most males feel liberated in a sense and mad in a thousand other ways. I also am ****** off at myself for not handling myself better, loving them more and being more gracious to their crazy issues. For those of you who have fostered or been around it you know what we are going through. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. All I can do now is hope and pray that the family they went back to loves, protects and provided for them. My wife and I are crushed to say the least. We knew this wouldn’t be easy but CRAP this sucks! Pray for peace for us and the kids that God will have His perfect work and be gloried in the midst of this. Thanks
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