Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Court is over

Mom signed over her rights to her son, 5 yrs old. He has been is foster care since he was 2. This is the second child she has signed over. She only wants Lovebug and that is all she will have now. Yes, we are still in reunification. So exhausting. I have a theory: Mom is mentally ill, she loves her babies but when it comes to having to care for them long term--she can't do it. Not without help anyway. She is alone and no doubt suffered some sort of abuse herself (I know this from what she has told me). What do we do now? We will most likely have Lovebug for one year total and then who knows what will happen. If mom disappears or loses interest then once again we go through this process. That may happen since she already has said she will 'just have another baby'. Yep, she did. Deep breath. I am praying for God's will, not mine. No one wants to know my plans, my thoughts, or what I want. I have to work at myself to keep Lovebug's mom first. I have to put her first and give her a chance. If Lovebug goes home to her, then I want her to be a very good mommy to her. The biggest challenge I am facing is feeling like we are in limbo. We can't really move forward because of this unknown that we may get to adopt Lovebug. The saddest part of this is mom's little boy. He loves his mom, he has had visits all this time. He has expressed repeatedly that he wants to live with his mom. She signed him over. He has lost 3 years of his childhood for nothing. She should've done that a long time ago. Giving him up was her plan since Lovebug has been born. So that is 2 children she has signed over. It's really sad, and even for mom. It makes me mad, but I really have no anger thank goodness. I just hope she doesn't have another baby, but I'm sure she will because she has expressed this many times.

1 comment:

cloudmaster said...

You are right about the worst part is being in limbo. It is not only bad for us (foster parents) but more so for the kids. At least lovebug doesn't know she is in limbo and has someone loving taking care of her now.