Foster Update

I don't think that I have updated about our foster baby who is no longer a baby but a toddler.

What is going on? Nothing, kind of.

After about a year of sending the mother pictures I have stopped. She now has to contact the social worker if she wants new pictures. She hasn't contacted her yet. Will she? I have no idea. Originally I was willing to send pictures to act as an encouragement to work their plan. Mom has literally done nothing. She is expecting dad to get him back.

Dad is about to get out of jail in August. Apparently he has early release because he worked his plan in jail. He says he is fighting to get him back when he gets out of jail.

Court is in September. Social worker is recommending TPR. GAL is recommending TPR. We will see what the judge recommends. So far no new family members have come forward.

We continue to tell the kids that their parents are trying to get him back. Benjamin calls him his foster brother although lately he slips and just calls him his brother. The other kids are starting to ask if we are adopting him. Others are starting to ask. We say it is out of our hands, that the system can be hard to understand and sometimes it turns topsy turvy. If he leaves there will be a lot of broken hearts in our family.

He is growing well, he is on target and into everything. He is loved.

We wait.