Holy Guacamole. It has been a week since baby A joined us. We received at call at around 9:30 am last Monday and by about 4pm baby A was here.
Rob and I began exploring fostering in the fall of 2019. We went to an information meeting. We had no idea what to expect. After that meeting Rob and I decided that we would start the process to become licensed. It was a pretty intuitive experience. At every stage Rob and I kept feeling like it not only was something we could do but it was something that was needed.
We went to the trainings and were educated about the foster care system. We went through the process of getting our home study completed. And then Covid happened. Things were halted for a while and so Rob and I weren’t thinking much about it. Things started moving again by the summer of 2020 and by the fall we were licensed.
The call we received for Baby A was our first placement call. I got off the phone and spoke with Rob and we pretty quickly acknowledged, “well yes, this is why we got licensed, right?”
And it is. Sure there were things that got interrupted. Nothing that important, though.
There are a lot of unknowns at the moment. The goal is reunification with the biological family. And so we pray for Baby A’s parents. We don’t judge or criticize. We hope only for the best possible outcome for this little one.
At the same time, we love him fiercely. It is so easy to do. He is absolute perfection and I am so happy to know I get to spend this time with him. He is napping right now and so I thought I would put some of my thoughts to down…nothing eloquent of course because I am slightly sleep deprived.
I pray that my heart stays open and strong. My feelings are the least important in this situation. My one goal is to protect baby and love baby for as long as I’m needed.
And now he is up. :)