Comments on Mothering4Money: Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog's Tails

Roz, The SW would try and change the subject. Once...

2009-06-14T17:36:50.893-04:00

Roz,
The SW would try and change the subject. Once she laughed, once she took up for me, and several times she tried to reword things to sort of mediate between us.

Foster Ima,
I hope your place gets approved soon. I think the pat gma just wanted a bad guy so she could be the good guy.

T,
I hope your surgery goes well. xoxo

That nearly made me cry, except you made me laugh ...

2009-06-13T16:22:30.652-04:00

That nearly made me cry, except you made me laugh in between. Now i understand your reservations about pat.grandma. Was the SW there the whole time - what was her response to the loveliness spoken to you??
Kids i worked with (hell, adults too) always said the good foster homes were the ones like yours, and sometimes they were enough to make life work in the end. It sounds like your total awesomeness in raising her for those months? Could make up for the gma in the long run. Now she knows what real love, real parenting looks like.

And 4 year olds? NEED HAIRCUTS. Thankyou.

Damn. I hope it all turns out okay.

2009-06-11T15:17:52.710-04:00

Damn. I hope it all turns out okay.

How upsetting that Gma isn't prepared to accep...

2009-06-11T13:35:01.891-04:00

How upsetting that Gma isn't prepared to accept (that's me naively thinking that one day she'll "see the light") the experiences that you provided and offered. Hopefully Bella will remember them and know that there are opportunities out there in the world. I haven't had any kiddos yet (home study on Tuesday, home is not ready even though I am!) but I know--in my head, if not in my heart--that my goal in fostering is to prepare the kiddos to return to family members with a wealth of rich experiences under their belt. How tough it will be when the family doesn't appreciate it.