Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The fun part
So baby girl's case in probably going to drag out for at least a year, and then some. Unless mom vanishes, and we don't see that happening. It's such a sad situation. I think she loves her children, she just can't parent them. She always shows up for visits, and says she is going to take the steps needed to get them back. But all she does is show up for visits, nothing else. Nothing else that is required of her. What does this mean? Why does she do this?
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It is terribly hard to understand some parents. Especially the parents whose children are in the system. the best you can do is have compassion and try not to judge some one elses walk.
But, WOW! It is a toughie!!
Hi stumbled onto your blog from another blog. My husband and I are also foster parents. We were licensed in March 2008 and got our first placement then and another in June and another... We have two bioligcal daughters and have had one foster daughter and 4 foster sons. It has been the most rewarding gift to be a part of these kids lives and a fulfillment to a calling thatGod gave me when I was just a girl. We are currently filling out papers to adopt two of our foster sons. I love to have contact with other foster parents. We are the ONLY foster family in our town :0)
Encouraging you today,
Amy
Sadly, loving your children, is not enough.
Not in this situation.
Having seen a former sister-in-law do the same thing with her kids while my brother-in-law, (the father) has full custody. I think sometimes a Mom knows she can't do what she is supposed to, but can't just give up because she never wants her kids to think she didn't love them, and as much as she loves them, she will allow someone to take her rights to give her children what she knows they need, but she just can't be the one to say yes, you can give my babies to someone else. As angry as it makes me for people to hurt their children, sadly, the parents are a product of their environment and I am sad for them too. Like OURS said, "sadly, loving your children is not enough" I know as we prepare ourselves to become foster parents in the future, we remind ourselves all the time that our love is also not going to be enough to fix all the hurt for these kids.
I enjoy your blog and it is helping me to prepare myself for the difficult part of foster parenting and I thank you for sharing your story to help others like myself.
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