Our first official goodbye...

In a bittersweet moment yesterday, we said our first "official" goodbye. Our little foster child was picked up and taken to their new home in which I hope there will be love and support for them to help this child thrive. This kiddo cried and knew exactly what was happening the minute the caseworker came by and took them away... It was heartbreaking. I know that this was the best decision I could make for both this kiddo and our family but I can't help but feel selfish and think that maybe I didn't try hard enough to make it work. I pray the decision was the correct one and I hope that this kiddo soon finds a forever family that will give this child everything that they deserve.

On a positive note, our runaway was found and is doing well from my understanding. It was about 5 days before this teen was located but hopefully the future for this kiddo has a better outlook than what we saw while this kiddo was here. I really hope this child has a chance at turning around and doing well for themselves and their biological family. There's several kids in that family and they all deserve the chance to become productive members of society... hopefully this short time away from home teaches them the importance of wise decisions and perseverance.

So for now, we just have our boys and we're working on making sure we take this time alone to bond and reconnect in case anyone was feeling a little left out during the recent madness haha... Last night we played a game of Yahtzee for the first time as a family (the boys are finally old enough to understand it.) Even our little Ben got to roll the dice every now and then. Needless to say, Kevin (who always manages to win at board games) won the game and the game left the boys feeling like they wanted to play another round. It makes me proud to think that we can enjoy such a simple thing together... I think we all had a great time bonding last night. I'll try to make tonight a repeat. :)  

~Norm