Please read the blog entry from a foster mom saying goodbye to her foster son:
Walking to China.: Love Wins
Josephine has a foster mom in China. We are fortunate to have a few photos. In the beginning Josephine looked at the photos and called her momma. She even kissed the woman a few times. Madalyn also has a foster mother in Guatemala. I met her each time I visited. On the last day as she handed Madalyn to me, she collapsed into tears as she said goodbye to the child she parented for 6 months.
Josephine was taken from her foster mom and returned to the orphanage about a month before I picked her up. The orphanage told me she cried for her foster mom every day for 2 weeks. I can only imagine how her foster mom felt, knowing Josephine couldn't understand why she wasn't hearing her cries and coming for her.
I am so thankful for my children's foster parents. They chose to love my children, giving them the gift of trust and love at crucial times of their development.
And not only are there two foster moms out there loving my children, there are also four birth parents loving our children. I've read enough blogs from birth moms to know my children's first parents loved them, .and though I hope they feel peace, I know they will likely grieve a lifetime for the child they were not able to parent.
We may some day be able to reconnect with Madalyn's birth parents in Guatemala. I cherish the pictures from the day we met and had dinner together. I am sad for Josephine and her birth parents that we will likely never be able to find them. I wish I could tell them the sick little baby they had to say goodbye to is now a healthy, funny little girl, that will be loved forever.
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