I've had a lot of people sympathize with me over the struggles of falling in love with a child in my care and then having to give them up. Many have told me that they could never be foster parents because of this.
But giving a child back to a family who has worked hard to prove that they can provide a safe home for that child is not what I consider the hardest part of my job. Truthfully, I feel like that part was a piece of cake. I had a good cry and now I'm ok.
The hardest part is hearing about a little girl who has been sexually abused. Reading about how they moved her to a relative's house and there she was abused again. So she was moved to a foster home and a foster sibling was abusive. So they need a home for this little girl and her younger brother. Most of the resource families are full can someone take her in?
And I can't. That's the hardest thing about being a foster parent.
Those kinds of heartbreaking stories make me consider foster parenting, no children should have to suffer and be victimized. there are plenty of loving couples like you who can save them.
ReplyDelete