One of the Many Blessings of Foster Care

This is one of my all time favorite pics of our kids - several years before we added our 4th blessing to the mix through foster care.

One of the many blessings in our foster care/adoption journey has been watching our biological children eagerly welcome someone new into our family. From day 1, A was their "baby" brother. They've asked countless times if he is going to stay with us In the beginning, I sometimes wondered if that question coming from our youngest was asked more out of a desire for him to go back, but that question now is undeniably out of hope that he will stay in our family. Recently, we were talking about this, and I told them that the day is coming very soon when the judge is going to decide for sure if A will be with us, or if he will go back to live with his parents. The kids are pretty convinced that he will be staying with us, and the oldest said, "That is going to be the best day! We are going to jump up and down and be so excited!"

I am so grateful that they have climbed on board so easily. There have been days when it hasn't been easy. When they've extended forgiveness. When they've listened to long tantrums. When we've had to pay extra attention to him when we might have been paying attention to them. But they still adore him.