No one told me that foster care would require me to hold space for people I’d never met – people whose choices I didn’t understand, whose lives looked nothing like mine, and whose connection to my child would always run deeper than biology alone could explain.
If you’re listening to this, you probably already know what I mean.
You’ve sat in the car after a visit, watching your child’s behavior shift in ways that take hours – sometimes days – to settle. You’ve answered questions you weren’t prepared for. You’ve felt the weight of being expected to support reunification while simultaneously falling in love with a child you might have to say goodbye to.
This is one of the hardest parts of foster care. And it’s the part almost no one prepares you for.
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