Our Foster/Adoption classes...
Our Foster/Adoption classes are going really well. I have finally come to terms with that I am not expecting. I saw a pregnant woman at the temple today, where there usually are a few, and I rejoiced in her chance to be a Mother.
I love Motherhood and there are so many ways that women can be Mothers. Foster Care is one of them. Let me tell a little bit about the couples in our foster/adoption class. One couple has five children ages 7-17 and is preparing to foster only infants. They are always smiling and happy and we suspect they are LDS too. Another couple took care of their 15 yr old Niece who was taken from her Parents by CPS. They enjoyed doing it and are now looking to foster/adopt on their own. Another couple is looking to just adopt and their sweet older Parents are taking the class with them (I think they all live together). Another has a child from a previous marriage but want to raise children in their new one.
Let me be honest. For a few weeks there I was hoping to just get pregnant and not really have to foster. I wanted to, but getting pregnant seemed the easiest way to grow our family. I know about being pregnant. I've been pregnant before. I don't know about fostering. Josh's Parents have fostered once before, but that's it for our families experience.
We just finished our 6th class and in the middle of it- right when they were discussing ways to foster birth family and foster family relations, I decided to be completely, fully, totally on board. I opened my heart and the experience changed for me. I began paying complete attention to what the teachers were saying, instead of just being there. I started being a lot more interested instead of just some. Don't get me wrong- I was always interested and have been doing my homework but now I am completely on board and am so glad that I made the plunge now instead of 4 weeks from now!
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