6 Days

6 days.... 

6 days until we meet the first of MANY state workers who will come into our home...
6 days until we open up our lives to the scrutiny and judgment of others who will decide if we are fit to be parents...
6 days to get Chewie to not bark at strangers...  Ha!

We are excited... we are nervous.. we are peaceful  all at the same time!

Why Foster Care/Adoption? 

Bottom line-  We have a lot of love to give, our hearts ache to have a family and we want to open up our hearts and home to care for children who have been neglected/abused.

 

We know we are in for a tough road ahead.  We also know that equal moments of joy are ahead of us as well.  Pain, Joy, Laughter, Tears, Heart Ache- the bad kind, Heart Ache- the good kind, :  we want it all!    Life is unpredictable at best..... and we are preparing for a world of 'unknowns'.  BUT we know God is real... God is faithful... and God has a heart for the abused and neglected. So we are trusting Him to guide us and help us to love and provide a safe home to whoever He puts in our lives. 

 

We won't be able to share specific details about the child/children that come into our home, nor pictures.  However we will be able to share about the process and the journey.  Our hearts are completely for adoption and so the goal is to be placed on the list of foster parents who are wanting to adopt.  We are not completely sure about the details of all of this, but over the next few months these details will be revealed as we are in process to become licensed Foster Parents looking to adopt.

 

Are we excited to become parents?   Sure....   but our hearts our equally burdened knowing that in order for a child to be placed with us they will have gone through bad stuff, to put it lightly....  their biological parents will have gone through bad stuff....  so our hearts are pulled in two directions...  There are currently about 7,000 children in the New Jersey Foster Care system.   woa....

There are currently about 500,000 children in the United States in the Foster Care System... woa... 

My husband was adopted himself through the Foster Care system 33 years ago.... 

 

We are jumping in and waiting to see what happens!