Our family started fostering back in 2005. We have been blessed to love on many babies. There has been many twists and turns throughout our journey and in December of 2010 we were called for placement of a newborn baby boy. His biological mother worked a case plan for 18 months and after 23 months she surrendered her rights and we adopted 'Sprout' in December of 2012. Our faith has been tried and tested and we are still certain that God is faithful!
October 26, 2010
I have been writing this post in my head for about a week now. Trying to form thoughts and break things down so I could get a better view of how this turn of events would have affected us as a family. Like I said before...I have had the pleasure of watching MANY of our foster babies grow through pics and emails. I keep in touch with some of the families thorough ne*twork connection*s like FB. Well, last week Felix's family member posted something that made me question who he is with now so I sen an email and when I got my response I was stunned. Just a refresher...Back in January of 2008 we brought a 5 pound 8 ounce baby boy home from the hospital. He had been drug exposed and premature. His mother did come to the first few visits but since she tested positive for drugs they would not let her see him. We went 3 months without meeting his bio mom. I really thought that we would keep him. His grandmother showed up out of no where and within days had won custody in court and we handed him over to her. I had less than 24 hours to pack up my sweet baby boy and say goodbye... Fast forward 2 years. Since July of 09 I have been receiving pics of him and she has been updating me on his growth. When she posted that 'he spent the night with me' I sent her an email and ask who we was with. "Well, he was returned to his bio mother in Feb of this year. She is doing exceptional and the kids are thriving'. That statement took my breath away. The first thing my husband said to me was 'So, he would have gone home anyway...'. I have to honest. That was THE HARDEST thing I have EVER done up to this point in my life. Handing over this baby I thought was MINE to this stranger... I know NOW that God protected me from hanging on to him for 27 months while his mother got her act together. I can say it again... GOD IS FAITHFUL. While Felix will ALWAYS be a HUGE part of this journey...I know even MORE now that God has a plan. I still have NO CLUE what it is but I will keep watching and waiting for Him to show me what He has for me.
We can't see the whole picture and God can, so sometimes he is protecting us from something we simply can't understand at the moment. I believe that in my life and I know God does it for others. Thanks for sharing. {{{Hugs}}}
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We can't see the whole picture and God can, so sometimes he is protecting us from something we simply can't understand at the moment. I believe that in my life and I know God does it for others. Thanks for sharing. {{{Hugs}}}
great post mama! its so hard for me to accept gods timing sometimes...but in the end, your right, he has a plan all along!
Love this! It is SO hard when you are in the position, but when you see His plan, it is all worth it!
wow.
didn't see that coming.
i think so you SO often.
i love seeing you having fun with your family in your pics on FB
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