Waiting...

Tim and I are currently going through the process of becoming foster parents. When Tim was about 16 or so, his parents took in twin newborn babies, who's mother was a crack addict. It was an unbelievable experience for him and his family. Tim is so great with kids, he loved it! It created a lifelong bond. They were actually our flower girls in our wedding. Tim is also a Big Brother with a 13 year old and he has been with him for over 5 years now. His little brother just loves him, looks up to him and learns a lot from him. They will be connected for the rest of their lives.

We took the foster parenting course about 3 years ago, but when it was completed, we put it on hold because we were building an addition onto our old house, I was working full time and still fairly young, it just wasn't the right time. A couple months ago we decided to go ahead and finish up the rest of the process. It is a very long and in depth process, including hours and hours of interviews from our case worker. It will be at least 6 months before it will be completed.

Tim was doing a side job for someone last week and they take in exchange students from all over the world that come here for a few months. She said she thought it would be a good experience to try that first before fostering, just to get used to opening our home and make sure it's something we'd like to do. We called the agency, and they said they would take our information, but it most likely wouldn't happen until January. Thursday we get a call from them saying they need a home for a 9 year old girl from Korea, who is having some sort of problem at the home she is in now. We said no problem, we'll work something out if you need us. The only problem is that if she comes to live with us, they have to take her out of her school and move her to the one near us. Right now they're talking back and forth to the parents through the agencies, and trying to figure out what would be best for their daughter. So now we're waiting...life may be about to change...