dagnarus75's blog

So I needed to post on here because I found out something this morning that has me up in arms... Amazon has decided to classify books with gay themes as "adult" and has removed them from their searches by "de-ranking" them. Amazon's search engine is based on a book's rank, so by de-ranking these books, they are suddenly a lot more difficult to find.

It's all over. The kiddo went home last night, along with his 3 siblings. It was pandemonium. We all went to the airport (myself and the other foster parents) and then waited for hours for all the typical security theater garbage, interchanging between chasing kids and crying. I honestly don't know what else to say though, I am in a bit of shock even though I knew this day would come.

So the kiddo is still with me. He was "supposed" to go back home last Saturday, but things didn't pull thru for his bio family. This is why they always told me being a foster parent is full of surprises, right?

This week has been very... unique. The kiddo "bob" went to a Child Find evaluation on Monday morning since everyone that met him has been concerned about his speech. Well it turns out that the fears are definitely founded, so I have to meet with them next week to work out a plan of action with them (assuming he stays with me). But what happened afterwards is what has really been interesting.

Things were going pretty quietly.. well as quietly as they can be.. for quite some time, until last Wednesday, I was walking the kiddo to the park and got a phone call. OK honestly I wouldn't even have answered it except I thought it was my mom.. boy was I surprised! It was kiddo's social worker, and it was a big surprise. Basically kiddo's mom was going to court the next day to try to get the kids back. The way he told it made it really sound like it was gonna happen by Friday. This purty much made me useless until Thursday night after the court hearing. Is he staying? Is he going?

I can honestly say I haven't written a lot lately because things have finally mellowed out and become "normal" ... at least as normal as things get. Kiddo is finally in daycare, which was the first step towards normalization. At first he didn't like it, he cried a lot when he realized I was leaving him with other people, but I am told about 5 minutes after I left he was ok. They probably bribed him with food, it seems to work well for me ;-)

So the past week has seen a LOT of change.. all of it good change, a lot of growth from hectic to stabilization. He's had two more family visits, both went "well" as far as I know. Of course I really don't know much, I only see the aftermath, but what I have seen is a few minutes of crying and then he just promptly passes out on the drive home and is back to normal.