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What a wonderful, godly family may God continue to bless them for anybody that reads this I was adopted and I love my family. If you have love in your heart for a children, that’s not yours. If you can love children, it’s not yours then adopt or foster.
The God of life and story and music and family is so good. He takes brokenness and brings healing and fulfillment from it. Thank you for sharing this wonderful example of His hand writing a story through the hard times.
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I'm a CASA! Court Appointed Special Advocates for foster youth. My job is to make sure her needs are getting met, that she understands the legalese and process, that she has a person outside the home (which they know can be disrupted easily) to love and care. My kiddo is my kiddo. I follow her from appointment til the day she leaves care be it adoption or independent housing. I write a report every month about where she is and how she is doing (school, medical, house, etc), I provide an invaluable third party check on DCF. The foster mom has an agenda, DCF has an agenda, the bio parent has an agenda. The Casa's only agenda is an update for the court and being an auntie to a kid who doesn't have one (many). It's a small commitment to see the kid for at least one hour a month , (we often go window shopping or touring our town), just something she wants to do that doesn't have to be with all 7 people in their foster home. And then write a report and keep my supervisor updated. Seriously for 10-15 hours a month maximum (if you got lots of court dates you can be a lifeline to someone. As she said you can change the trajectory of someone's life. She may not believe it yet but that girl is mine. I'm gonna be 50 helping her as a 23 year old woman very confused how to apply for housing and a car loan. She may age out (hopefully not we still have 9 years) but she won't be without family even if my husband and I cannot adopt at this time.
you made me cry! I'm so very happy you got an open foster situation. I've been a daycare teacher, a nanny, and a disability group home aid. Losing my kids hurts every single time. It's been a decade and I still wonder if anyone understands Angela's sign language. . . I wonder if Luke is on track to graduate high school. They NEVER stop being your kids.
I came from a very terrible violent broken home. I always said when I get married I will do what it takes to stay married. It has been 39 years now. A Daughter 2 grandsons and a granddaughter. The only thing I wish was knowing about adoption after my daughter was born. My wife could no longer have a child. I would have adopted a boy so my daughter could have had a sibling.
A wonderful family who have a heart like Jesus Christ. You don't have to be Catholic to help these children. It doesn't have anything to do with religion. My husband and I are born again Christians. We adopted my heroin addicted cousins new born daughter who was also addicted at birth. She was three weeks old when I flew to Northern California to bring her home to San Diego. She was in Children's Hospital thirteen times by her second birthday. Twice we almost lost her. I never left her while my husband cared for our three biological çhildren. We always knew that God wanted us to have our baby girl Holly for our own. I also think that God sees details. I always wanted a baby girl with red hair and green eyes. Guess what color hair and color eyes Holly has? ♥️ 💚 Our daughter is now 37 years old. We don't call her our adopted daughter but our CHOSEN CHILD. Our God is an awesome God and worthy of all of our praise 🙏
