Adoption & Foster Care: My Personal Experiences: Waiting . . .

I haven't had much to report on this blog lately.? This summer some out of state travel plans and a recent surgery & ensuing recovery period for me meant that we take a break from taking any foster placements.? And although it's been nice to cherish the one-on-one time and attention we can give our daughter right now, our house just seems so empty since we're back to a one child household again.

Q:? Do any other foster parents out there (or adoptive parents going through the waiting process) get ANTSY or feel like something's missing when you're in between placements or waiting to be licensed or matched with a child?

Lately I've had an ever present sense that something (or rather someone) is missing in our home and it's such an undeniable feeling that some days it's almost tangible.

Despite our eagerness for more children in our home, I have to remind myself that each day we don?t get a call for a foster placement it?s actually a good thing because it means that kids are safe and don?t have to go through the trauma of being removed from their family.

?As for being chosen by a birthmother, we?ve had a few ?leads? but nothing?s panned out, so we will continue to wait . . .? We?re getting pretty good at that.? :)

Source: http://mamamem.blogspot.com/2012/07/waiting.html

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