Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Hchalm@aol.com wrote:
>
>Dear Chrissie:
>
>My co-worker is a foster mom, and I'll be darned if the first little girl (10
>months) that was placed with her, the parents ended up not wanting her back
>and they are now adopting her. I know this is a stressful situation because
>you can get so attached to a child only to have them taken away, and the hurt
>and lost love must be so horrendous to have to go through, but you never know
>unless you give it a chance; you may get lucky and end up being able to adopt
>the child after caring for them for a while. You can also make
>specifications as to how young you want them and how much, let's say, trauma
>they have been through (poor little things). My ex (almost forgot that part,
>I am no longer working) co-worker now has two adopted babies, one 16 year
>old foster child that she will keep until 18 and two other little boys that
>she is keeping. How she does it, I'll never know, but she says she loves it.
> So, perhaps this may be an avenue for you to look into. You have so much
>love to share, that you would make any child so happy to just be near you.
>
>Love ya,
>
>Helen C.