Classes

Two classes down. Six to go. As we were sitting in these three hour classes we found ourselves wondering.....why didn't we do this before now? There are over 1100 children in Marion county alone that do not have a family. The teacher is great. She was a foster child in the 50's and emancipated at 16. She never found a family of her own. (Father, Mother, Brother, Sister) Of course she married and had her own children. But, just think about not having anyone. Most people won't adopt the teenagers. They feel that they are too out of reach or set in their own ways. It saddens me to think of them after they are out of the 'System'. No one to come home to. No one to spend the Holidays with. As annoying as some family's can be......I have a hard time imagining life without them.

The classes are only on Monday and Tuesday. We are having a hard time waiting the week in between to go to the next one. The teacher says that she usually talks most people out of being Foster parents or Adopting than she talks into it. Most people aren't ready for the challenge. She says she will lose about half of the class (as of now 65) after the Sexual abuse day. She is so honest and to the point. She is telling us the worst of the worst scenarios. Which we think is great. If you are prepared for the worst.....then it should be a piece of cake if it isn't. Right? This so far has been an amazing experience.....and we haven't really even started.

Blog to you soon!!