So many things have happened since my last post but, due to confidentiality, I cannot write about them. It is frustrating to not be able to discuss with anyone what goes on, but that is the name of the game.
We did have another CFT today and, of course, the bio parents were a "no show". However, it did give me a chance to discuss things with his CPS caseworker, and I have to say I walked away a much happier foster mommy. I found out that the bio parents are not doing what they need to do, never mind missing more than half of their visits last month, and CPS is moving forward with severance and adoption. In my last post I vented about how bio family trumps foster foster, and that this would be the time for bio family to come out of the woodwork and we would have to say goodbye. Well, I found out today that that is not always the case and, more specifically, not our case!
Because no one has stepped forward to take the baby in, CPS is moving forward with US(!!!!) to adopt him. I cannot believe this is happening. It has been a roller coaster ride all day and I cannot process this at all. I have been trying to protect my heart for these last four months, so I have been reluctant to even truly consider adoption as an option, mainly because I was told that bio family is first on the list regardless. We still have to be realistic and not get carried away because nothing is final until the ink dries, but I can finally see his adoption on the horizon and we are so close! I cannot believe that this precious little boy could very soon be ours. We can actually be his "forever family".
I am a believer in "things happen for a reason", and I believe that we had been dragging our feet for a reason. There is a reason that the process took as long as it did. There is a reason that we were licensed when we were. There was a reason our first foster children were only with us for five or ten days. And there is a reason that this baby was placed with us, and I sincerely hope that reason is because he is meant to be our little boy.
So I ask for your prayers and positive thoughts. I will also keep my fingers and toes crossed, and keep you updated on what happens. Thank you!!
