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Old 12-01-2006, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by RBrown1971r
Take pictures...lots of them!! A lot of times these kids have no pictures of themselves. Let them take the pictures with them. some day these kids will be adults & will appreciate those pictures.


Rhonda,

You know, you're about the eighth or ninth former foster child that I've heard talk about pictures. It must be so disorienting---if that's the right word---to have no pictures, no evidence about your own past.

After I heard one teenager talk about this, I was so moved that I started scrapbooking for my foster kids and foster kids from about four other families that I'm close to. I make at least a small album for each kid that comes through, no matter how short a time they stay. I hope someday these little albums will mean something to them.....if only to let them know how much their foster families really loved and cared about them.

I think a lot about some of these kids, and wonder how they are.
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