Monday, October 27, 2014

What It Means To Be Removed

Before Brenton and I submitted our paperwork for our foster care license, we had to attend two eight hour parenting classes. Before our first class started our instructor played a video called Removed. As I watched the video my heart ached as my desire to foster grew.

We go into this process knowing that the children that will be placed in our home are hurting and may not accept us right away. But there will be a day when the sun will rise again and their hearts will open. We long for that day. The day our future children will realize they are loved, needed, and wanted. For that day will be a glorious day. I imagine it will start with a smile, a laugh, or gaze of little eyes filled with hope. Please watch this video and allow your heart to be opened and your minds to understand our desire to foster. Get some tissues, you'll need them.





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4 comments:

  1. I too had a hard time at first watching something similar. The stories are horrific, the rewards great! I am so glad we continued on and became foster parents

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    1. Yes, the rewards will be great! Thank you for posting.

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  2. Yes, I had a hard time watching this as well. I was crying so much and my heart literally ached. I have this posted on my blog as well. My social worker sent it to us.

    The videos during the classes gave a lot of perspective and sad to know that some foster parents give up on the children so quickly and easily with no compassion or consideration for their short time being in this world dealing with so much hardship.

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    1. Yes, it is sad to think about children who are shifted from home to home simply, because foster parents give up. I imagine that coming to a decision like that would be one of the hardest to make. Foster parents that contemplate ending their placements must go through so much hard ache. I do not know their hearts or the situations foster parents who come to this point are going through and who am I to judge. I pray that God grants me strength during this process and allows my husband and I to tread through these murky waters no matter the situation that may arise.

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