Life is such an amazing roller coaster that sometimes I am amazed we even survive it! The boys' sister, Lacy, moved in last Friday. Since then we have had a phone visit with the kiddos birthmom. It went well, but she got the boys so riled up it was difficult to reign them back in. On Wednesday, the boys went to their counseling session and then had a face-to-face visit with their mom. It was hard for me to let them go, but I just gave it to God. I know that he already knows how things are going to end, and I just have to trust in him.
Things went okay with the visit. The kiddos came home with a bunch of pictures from their past which were really interesting to look at. They had a ton of junk food and junk toys too. So even though I wasn't thrilled, I was able to accept that they were safe and I was just glad they were back home.
On Friday we got a phone call from our case worker that there was an update in the case. Mom has relapsed and will definetely go back to jail, possibly prison. Wow. How things changed in just 2 days! Selfishly, I am glad she decided to do it now, because it pretty much set her fate in concrete for our upcoming court hearing. On the flip side, my heart wrenches for her, because I want her to clean her life up. I did some online research (amazing what you can find out!) and learned a lot more about exactly why these kids can't be with their parents. It is just so sad. Drugs (hard stuff), theft, domestic abuse...and yet they are 3 of the happiest children I have ever met!
I thank God everyday that he knows what is best. Things are seeming to fall into place. We have signed intention to adopt papers and it is really looking like that may be our future with these three little ones. I just pray that when that time comes, the kids are okay with it. They do not see the terrible things that their parents were doing. They only remember the good stuff (of course!)
Lord, I fully trust you and I know you will make everything fall into place when the time comes! We pray that these children will see us as their parents and they will feel the love we have for them.
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