[riley6]

The first goal is always return home. You can tell the DCFS or agency that YOUR goal is adoption (we did), but there's no guarantee that any child will become available for adoption. We had 11 children placed with us before the four that we had and adopted. We've been fostering 6 yrs and have had our children for three of them.

It's heartwrenching to return kids to their families, but that's part of fc. I always try to focus that I made a difference for that child for the time I had them. Bc of being with us, they had the experience of a loving, safe family.

Understand that your heart will be broken a few times before your forever child is placed with you. For ME, in the end it was worth it. I'm very grateful that I have the children I have now. I would do it again, but am VERY glad that I don't have to!

I'll answer your other post here too. You are not too young, and being military is fine!