This Is Good-Bye

This is not a blog about children saying good-bye to birth families, foster families or adoptive families, although it easily could be. Instead, this is my good-bye. This will be my last blog.

I am tired and do not feel that I can fully give you the quality of blogs that you deserve. Hopefully, someone can come in fresh and relay information that I am just too tired to.

This does not mean that I am stepping out of things related to foster care and adoption. I continue to work for the Attachment & Trauma Network. I will advocate for children. I am Irish and German so I can get my dander up quickly and be quite stubborn. These are good qualities when advocating for your child. You have to be stubborn and stick with things.

I also plan to write a children’s book. This has been in the thought process for over a year, but I do not have the time work on it. I want a write a book to help kids understand that the feelings they have while moving through foster care and into an adoptive home are normal.

The remainder of this year will be busy. I am working for some friends of mine. It is extremely busy up until Christmas. My in-laws will then be in town, and shortly after that, the plan is to transition Sammy into a new treatment foster home. If his pattern continues, it will only be a few months before we see him back into residential treatment.

I want to thank all of the readers. I have gained a lot from you. You have given me many different perspectives on things, and challenged me. The kids out there need you.

Do something to celebrate National Adoption Month this month, have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and an even more blessed Hanukah and Christmas.

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