so some years on my blog when we come to the month of May i like to mention and highlight National Foster Care Month. to speak for the vulnerable children who see the world through insecure and doubt-filled lenses that have been stripped of the wonderful gift of predictable family stability and permanence. to speak for the ones who've surrendered their ability to trust the adults in their lives, who wonder if their world will ever be put back together again in a way that allows them to flourish and grow and simply just become...
this link is pretty cool...also worth noting~ i like how this video is real. not all flowery as though this stuff is simple and easy. it doesn't in any way suggest that fostering and adoption decisions are anything but heart wrenching and life altering. or downright monumentally huge! that's good~ because it's the truth. every family i know (honestly, every one) who has been impacted by their own forever journey to love another's child as their own has unique challenges that creep up and impact their day-to-day family life. so this video fits the "follow God through the hard stuff" category...it is beautiful~ and spoiler alert here~ it covers both foster care and adoption. a hopeful ending!
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