Just Saying 'hi'

[hematite153]

I haven't been around all that much lately, but, I wanted to drop in and say 'hi'. I hope you've been having fun!

 

[ConcKahuna]

Hey there!

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Hello there! Hope all is well with you, too.

Nice to see you!

 

[wallyb]

Hi right back at ya!
Where ya been?
Come back and play.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Hi! Good to see you! How have you been?

 

[hematite153]

I've been busy working too hard...and we're about to become foster parents for real--we have a teenager moving in this week.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I've been busy working too hard...and we're about to become foster parents for real--we have a teenager moving in this week.

Oh, my! Congratulations and condolences!
DS will be 14 in January and there is never a dull moment. Let us know how things are going. I won't have any sage advice for you, but I bet I can nod my head with you.
Wishing you the best of luck!!

 

[rosiep]

So very happy to see you posting again. Congradulations! I hope everything goes well....Bless you for being so brave and wonderful as to open your heart and home....

Keep us posted.

-Rosie

 

[hematite153]

Thanks all! I'll try to stop in a bit more often than I have been.

(I was trying to follow a few of the active threads and found they were consuming all of my time available for the DIS...I've recently given up on them....)

 

[starann]

WElcome back!

No sage advice for a teenager....well actually, I do...DRUGS, lots and LOTS of drugs for you! We had my DNeice here for 3 years and tenage years are the most challenging......but thank you. So many teens need families to care for them and be there to give them a last bit of hope of becoming a good person. So thank you!

 

[hematite153]

So many teens need families to care for them and be there to give them a last bit of hope of becoming a good person. So thank you!

Yeah...I'm a little worried that she's got too much pressure on her. Nobody should have to be perfect in order to get a family!

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

Wow. What an incredible thing to be doing. Teens scare me to death. Honest. Opening your hearts to a teen that needs you is such a compassionate thing to do. All the very best to you. Please come and share your journey with us!

 

[soulmates]

Teenager?? Wow. I've had 3 and and even though its' alot of work, its' SO worth it. That is an age where they REALLY need strong role models. Best of luck!

 

[ConcKahuna]

Yeah...I'm a little worried that she's got too much pressure on her. Nobody should have to be perfect in order to get a family!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkWtntVpUw

 

[hematite153]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkWtntVpUw

Okay...I am going to hope I'm better at it than that, though.

(Seriously: I've looked at some of that ad campaign...it would have had my heart breaking if I lived in the US and saw it regularly; it was well done. I don't know if I'm ready to adopt a teen, although I suspect that if a foster child in my home became adoptable, I'd probably want to adopt them, but, I'm definitely ready to offer a family and include a permanent offer of family within that. There's something that feels strange to me about adopting a teen without them getting a chance to know me and decide whether they really want to be part of my family.)

 

[rosiep]

Teenager?? Wow. I've had 3 and and even though its' alot of work, its' SO worth it. That is an age where they REALLY need strong role models. Best of luck!

Absoltuely! The two things that best helped me get through my daughters' teenage years was A) Take time to think back what it was like to be young and B) Never take it personally....Contary to what people say..It is not a battle of wills...it's merely a young soul trying to define herself and make her own way.

Okay...I am going to hope I'm better at it than that, though.

(Seriously: I've looked at some of that ad campaign...it would have had my heart breaking if I lived in the US and saw it regularly; it was well done. I don't know if I'm ready to adopt a teen, although I suspect that if a foster child in my home became adoptable, I'd probably want to adopt them, but, I'm definitely ready to offer a family and include a permanent offer of family within that. There's something that feels strange to me about adopting a teen without them getting a chance to know me and decide whether they really want to be part of my family.)

With you offering support, love and guidance I'm sure they would.