Today we said goodbye to these two little wonders. We knew it was coming, and quite simply it was time. We have shared their lives for 16 months, lives that initially were full of confusion, and turmoil. I have watched them grow, develop and learn to trust. I have seen the chaos that was their lives affect them in the most unimaginable ways. I have watched them overcome hurdle after hurdle and become amazing little people. I have cheered them on when all I wanted to do was cry for them. I have held them, knowing at times I was a poor replacement and they simply wanted their mom. I have tried to protect them and give them stability. I have prayed for them and I have loved them. In return they have taught me about love and life in the most unimaginable way possible. I have experienced many firsts, especially for Moses, that first year is so remarkable in development. How many get a gift such as that?
It was time for them to move, adoption is the plan for their future, and there is a family who has stepped up and asked to be that part of their lives. We knew we were not the ones to raise them, that our place in their lives was temporary. So it is with happiness, and sadness, that we prepared them for this move. They deserve permanancy, they deserve roots, they deserve a family who will love them always, who will teach them, and encourage them, and tell them their stories. They deserve this and so much more. Will I miss them? of course, how could I not? But this is fostercare, they are never ours to keep. They have carved out a place in my heart that is theirs and theirs alone, I will always remember them, always. The sadness is there, missing them is very much a part of the process, and yet I look at the time we were give and find I'm grateful to have been a part of their lives.
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