When Jane was about six or eight months, I noticed that she wasn’t meeting her milestones. She couldn’t roll over on her own, and she didn’t seem to be doing the same as other eight-month-olds were.
Luckily, she was already involved with the Regional Center, and I spoke with her worker there. They referred us to a therapist that would work on these milestones through play therapy. I watched, and indeed it looked like she was only playing with Jane, but I did notice within a few weeks she was rolling over, and after a month or so, she could roll over back and forth. She had some fine motor skill delays, and they started to work with her on those.
That was the start of my house being open to all sorts of Social Workers. Then Jane had a therapist that came into my home twice weekly. She had a Social Worker from foster care, I had a Social Worker from Adoptions and I had an adoption advocate too. I also had a Social Worker for Eligibility for foster care. That was just the start.
When Jimmy was born, he had all she had as well. So, my home was quite open. Sometimes I felt like I had no privacy at all. Well, did I? Social Services knew more about me than most of my friends and family. I had no privacy. If you want to keep your life private, you may not want to go into foster care. Would I do it again? Yes. Now that the kids are grown, I will foster other newborn babies until they go to their forever homes. I am used to having so many people involved in our lives, and there are so many babies that need a home. I have a lot of love to give. Do I think I will adopt more? I don’t know. If it is meant to be, I may.
I am grateful for the help my kids get. I see the growth in them every day. There is more and the road is long but we keep moving and they keep growing and developing better skills. We’ve just begun.
I loved reading this. I have always dreamed of becoming a foster parent one day!
What a wonderful light you are in this world. One day I would love to foster, your story is inspiring.
This is such a beautiful story. It is always the best to help children when they need it. It is my desire to help kids..mostly abuse victims being a survivor myself. Thank you for sharing you. GOD bless you
This is such an inspiring and beautiful story! The things you did to give the best to your children are remarkable. I wish you all the best and keep inspiring! 💕
Thanks for sharing your experience. The road to adoption is very challenging, but worth all of the trails along the way.
Thank you for sharing your experience. We are trying to have a baby for the last 7 years and we might need to start thinking about adoption at this point. Your story is a great inspiration.
You are a true inspiration. Thank you for all that you do.