And for now there are five

I apologize for the long break between posts. The interruption started early in September when I got a call asking if we would be interested in the possible foster placement of two girls, 1 and 2. I went to a meeting later in the week to see if they would be coming into care, and after a long day in a stuffy board room, I brought the girls home.

Getting used to the girls has been an adjustment, but getting used to the system that brought them to us has been interesting as well. I am realizing that "the system" runs on a somewhat different set of values than I do. Some of this is out of necessity, some convenience and some habit. I try to keep in mind the greater good. That beyond the importance of matching socks and proper snack food in the diaper bag we are allowed the opportunity to help these girls at an important time in their lives.

It is a fascinating and rewarding, if exhausting at times, experience. I care very much for the girls we have in our home, and I very dearly want the best for them and their birth family, whatever that may mean.