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Our first placement was an 8 year old girl. She was only with us for 3 months but we got very close. When she left I wrote her a letter and included our phone number. After not hearing from her for a few months I sent a Valentine's Day card to her last known address. Less than a week later she called us. She had lost the letter and phone number I'd given her, not uncommon since they move around so frequently. We maintained contact for a little over two years. It was a fine line. Her mom called us one winter day frantic because she was getting evicted and needed us to take "S" indefinitely. We took her but after a week stipulated that the mom had a month to get things sorted out or we would have to go through CSB. She took "S" back before the deadline. we still saw her after that but the last time S confided in us that she was living with a convicted child predator. She said when his parole officer comes to the house she has to hide. We notified CSB immediately. The mom called us a day later totally angry and said we would never see S again.That was about 5 months ago and we haven't heard from her since. It sucks b/c we worry about S but we feel we did the right thing. I pray that she is ok
When my current fd leaves next month the stepmom has promised to maintain contact and provide updates. I hope this works and who knows, maybe we'll get to see fd again one day.
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