Saphire
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2000
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I am anticipating a very different year. I am nervous and excited. Some days I wonder if I am crazy. But, I am going to try it. I will be a foster mother providing transitional care to infants!
I have just about completed raising my three dear children, and now I am ready for a change that includes something outside of myself. I have thought and prayed about this for years. Nurturing has always been a huge part of my life, by raising kids at home and working with the elderly in hospitals and rehabs as they recover from broken bones and other ailments. But I am ready for something new.
We are almost done with classes, home visit next week, painting oldest DS bedroom and will soon be getting down the crib and changing table from the attic.
My paycheck will be much less as I go back to doing weekend shifts here and there, the economy is shakey and some days I have my doubts. But I am going to try it. There are babies out there with no place to go. I can provide a safe, warm and loving place as they await adoption or reunification with their parent(s).
I am so scared, and hope I am up for this enormous challenge, but I trust that God will give me the strength I need.
I have just about completed raising my three dear children, and now I am ready for a change that includes something outside of myself. I have thought and prayed about this for years. Nurturing has always been a huge part of my life, by raising kids at home and working with the elderly in hospitals and rehabs as they recover from broken bones and other ailments. But I am ready for something new.
We are almost done with classes, home visit next week, painting oldest DS bedroom and will soon be getting down the crib and changing table from the attic.
My paycheck will be much less as I go back to doing weekend shifts here and there, the economy is shakey and some days I have my doubts. But I am going to try it. There are babies out there with no place to go. I can provide a safe, warm and loving place as they await adoption or reunification with their parent(s).
I am so scared, and hope I am up for this enormous challenge, but I trust that God will give me the strength I need.
