What to do next?

So, after baby Heather left we as a family had to decide what to do next? Do we take in another child right away? Do we give ourselves time to heal from the loss? Do we stop fostering altogether? Do we avoid taking in babies and only accept older children? What do we do now? These are the questions we had to ask ourselves. So what did we do? Well, the first thing we did was call DSS and let them know we would like to take a brief break from fostering. We did this because we had way to many questions unanswered, not because we wanted to quit foster parenting. During the break as a family we decided when we took more children that maybe it was not a good idea to take infants. Its hard to care for a baby and watch them grow the first year only to have them leave after their first Birthday. The bonding and attachments that take place the first year of life are beautiful and priceless. So the plan was take a small break, then only take older children. This was NOT what I wanted, because I REALLY wanted a baby. This is just what I felt I had to do to protect the family from another major loss. Little did we know that only two weeks later.....



To be continued