Just by the length of time that has gone by since I put anything in this Blog should let one know that I have been very busy. And by busy I mean two foster sons busy.
We had an experience foster parenting for a while and now that season of my life has been completed. What a wonderful, frustrating and heart tearing time that was...
I re-read a post when I was still house sitting for someone and shared how I didn't' like that I could not invite anyone to come stay with us...well we got our own place so we could and we did. I learned many things while foster parenting. One thing that I most certainly realized was that I have quite a temper. YES! Huge temper. I do get mad easily...just one more reason I need that Grace freely given to me, boy do I need grace.
I do have a strong personality, although I try and temper it and to some degree am successful or no one would ever want to be around me. I am glad for my strong temperament it creates change in the systems around us. I was able to share boldly and without apology some of the ways that our local agency makes it difficult for foster parents and some ways they could be more supportive and some changes have happened. Positive changes for all the foster parents that will come after us. For example the availability to have support for the loss of foster children. Yes, you do become attached and yes it hurts when they leave. I am grateful that I could help bring about improvements although making things better for others has always come at a great cost to myself. Mostly because I do not understand until I live it.
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