[calimomX3]

Be prepared for a roller coaster ride of your life. My family and I have been on a roller coaster that seems to keep on going. We have been certified for 2 years, had 1 respite baby, a 3 week baby girl who moved to another home for other reasons, 18 month old boy, and 8 month old girl, all of those children were re-united or adopted. The two tough ones were the baby girl that the county brought to me at 1 day old, bio's didnt even name her. We were told she would most likely be adoptable cause she was #4 for mom and mom doesn't have any of them. We named her and after hearing nothing for a month, we got a call that grandma is going to take her, so that all 4 children would be together. That was so heartbreaking for all of us. But my daughter who was 6 at the time and I, were a mess. I felt like I was missing a part of me. That was almost the end for me as far as foster care. Then we waited and waited and waited and go our baby girl we have now, we picked her up from the hospital and were told the same thing as the other newborn that we would be able to adopt her, now this time it was to be for sure. Last Tuesday my world fell apart when I was told the adoptive home that has her siblings wants to adopt her too. It is a roller coaster up emotions, ups and downs. Talk to you son, tell him why you are doing what you are doing. We call our foster children, our children and they are our childrens siblings for the time being. You have to be open with your child and don't beleive a child is YOURS until the papers are signed, one social worker tells you one thing while another tells you a different thing.