10. Days. Away.
That's it. All will be official and legal. We will be a forever family. It's the end of our foster parenting journey... well... at least it will be the end of our license. It is the end of all worker visits. It's the end of court hearings and documenting every little bump and bruise!
Although it's the end of one journey, a new one is emerging already. You see, although it's a time of celebration for our family, there is also a mixture of grief and loss. As the adoption date was formally announced to the kiddos and it began to sink in, there are feelings of loss of their birth mother. They don't want to let go, even though the courts have already taken away that choice from them.
Our new journey will be one that is raising our adopted children. Helping them grow into people who can learn that their hearts are truly big enough to love two families. People who trust that God is going to watch over the ones they love and are separated from. No matter the circumstance that lead to their separation and this circumstance, they are still loved by their birth families. They are missed and not forgotten. We will have to remind them time and time again that nothing was their fault. They are not to be blamed and shouldn't shoulder the blame.
A journey together. Forever and always.
May God give me the right words to respond to their grief. Courage to do the right thing at the right time. Strength and confidence in the love I have in Christ so that I can remain firm and not be swayed by jealous thoughts. May God hold their hearts in His palm and help them heal and find worth in who they are. That my kiddos are loved by the Most High and that is really what matters the most.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39
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