No Twins

The twins won't be coming to stay with us after all.

If there's one thing you should know about working within the foster care system, it's that things can change at the last minute. And they often do. We got a phone call half an hour after they told us the twins would be arriving at our house, letting us know that the plans had changed.

Honestly, one of the hardest things for me to deal with is all of the uncertainty that goes along with the foster care system. Things can change so suddenly and unexpectedly. But then I think of the kids and how they must feel even more unstable because they don't understand what's going on at all.

In this case, the twins are getting to stay in their current foster home, which is probably best for them. So that's good.

I've heard lots of other foster parents talk about situations where they thought kids would be coming to stay at their house and then something happens-- a relative agrees to take the child or whatever. I guess that's a pretty normal scenario. This is the first time it's happened to us, though.

Well, back to our regular routine for now!