It's been almost 2 weeks since our first foster placement moved on and finding this little sock gave me a wave of emotions.
Some things that we repeatedly hear are, "it's amazing that you can keep yourself from getting attached. I would fall in love with them" and "I could never foster because I would be sad when they leave. It would be too hard to give them back."
1) We DO get attached and we DO fall in love with them. 100%. This family is all in.
2) It's actually not about how WE feel. We cannot say that enough times. But it's important for me to express that choosing to mother someone else's child (no matter now long) means I am not afraid of being sad when they leave us. They become partially ours, too, and we love them as much as we can while we have them and of course we are sad when they move on.
The emotions I felt today, however, when I found this little sock, were so joyful. I felt happiness, gratitude, joy, love, and peace.
Our family is SO lucky for this wonderful opportunity to grow in love.
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