Together We Rise What a wonderful statement from a foster family's perspective.
“Foster care. Oh, foster care. We jumped into this for the reason of loving on babies and hoping to change some little lives just with lots of love, safety, and dependability. But we also wanted to permanently expand our family... But now I know you just cannot go into foster care, want what is best for the child, but also know your end goal is adoption.
My mind shift started when we first met Baby J’s (our first placement) parents. We went into the meeting ready to confirm our beliefs that they were monsters... I never expected what would actually happen... I cried with this woman, whom I once had disdain for, as she explained how lost she felt without Baby J.
After that we left with so much empathy and love towards them. They weren’t monsters. They were dealt a bad hand(s) & yes, they made some bad choices but we could have made those choices too given the circumstances. We are all flawed. We are all not perfect.
To all the people who believe that these parents with their kids in the system are monsters...I wish you could meet Baby Girl’s family. I wish you could see how much they love her. I wish you could see the lengths- financially, emotionally, physically- they are going through to see reunification happen. And Baby Girl’s mama... she is working so hard- so, so hard- to get her back. Every time I see Baby Girl smile (she gets her big smile from her mama) I think of her Mama and hope she’s doing ok.” - Jaimee Morse
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“Foster care. Oh, foster care. We jumped into this for the reason of loving on babies and hoping to change some little lives just with lots of love, safety, and dependability. But we also wanted to permanently expand our family... But now I know you just cannot go into foster care, want what is best for the child, but also know your end goal is adoption.
My mind shift started when we first met Baby J’s (our first placement) parents. We went into the meeting ready to confirm our beliefs that they were monsters... I never expected what would actually happen... I cried with this woman, whom I once had disdain for, as she explained how lost she felt without Baby J.
After that we left with so much empathy and love towards them. They weren’t monsters. They were dealt a bad hand(s) & yes, they made some bad choices but we could have made those choices too given the circumstances. We are all flawed. We are all not perfect.
To all the people who believe that these parents with their kids in the system are monsters...I wish you could meet Baby Girl’s family. I wish you could see how much they love her. I wish you could see the lengths- financially, emotionally, physically- they are going through to see reunification happen. And Baby Girl’s mama... she is working so hard- so, so hard- to get her back. Every time I see Baby Girl smile (she gets her big smile from her mama) I think of her Mama and hope she’s doing ok.” - Jaimee Morse
#thisisfostercare #fosterlove #fostercare ... See more
