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We got some bad news a few weeks ago. It seems that after more than a year, our first foster child will be going home. This is an especially hard situation for us to accept because the state workers had put the possibility of adoption into our heads. Talk about building up our hopes to cut them down.

We’ll miss the little treasure. She is a joyous little girl that makes everyone around her smile…when she’s being good.

The court date where the final decision is made will be on the 25th. I’ve written a letter to the judge with my opinion since I’ll be working but Rob is planning on taking the day off to speak his peace.

Saying goodbye to a foster child is never easy. I just wish it hadn’t been made easier by the mention of a possible adoption in this case.

Lesson learned: take EVERYTHING a case worker says with a grain of salt. The only words that matter are the ones that pass from a judges lips.

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