Thread: A family matter.

Today, I received a life changing call.
My wife and I have been trying to have kids for a long time, but sadly, that is not possible.
As a result of that, we started looking at alternatives.
We finally decided to look into being certified as a foster home.
Last fall we enlisted to a course to be just that.

It was a very interesting and eye-opening experience. I had never thought about how many kids there are out there who suffers in bad homes and faces lots of challenges in their everyday life.
We have been eagerly awaiting any news, and today it finally came
It seems that our family of 2 just doubled!
We have been given the great responsibility and honor to be the new family for 2 siblings. Ages 5 and 8. A boy and a girl!
They are gonna be with us until they are adults, as ruled by the courts.
This is indeed a humbling and joyous day!

Anyways, I just had to tell you guys about it

This immediately brought a tear to my eye. I applaud your effort and wish you every happiness with this drastic life change.

Congratulations!!!! My family served as a foster family for 7 years during which time we cared for many young boys and girls. Some for only a few weeks others for upwards of a year, in the end my mother and father ended up adopting 5 of the children that were placed with us. It is great that you are going to change the life of those two kids. Obviously foster children often come from hard situations and I am sure they have a brighter future now that they are part of your family. Also you might want to start shopping around for a straight razor for the boy to use as soon as he's old enough to shave

I feel you are most deserving of a hip hip hooray!!

Birnando, congratulations to you and your wife. More importantly, you should be commended for taking on such a tremendous responsibility. As one who has been going through similar struggles trying to start our family, I can sympathize with what you have endured, and I am very happy to hear that you have found such a wonderfully rewarding way to overcome the obstacle life placed in your way.

I wish you and your newly enlarged family much joy and happiness!

Congratulations. What a joyous day

The kids will now be in a loving home with people who will let them enjoy being a child and give them the love that every child deserves.

Best of luck to you and your wife as well as the little one's.

your wife and yourself must be wonderful and careing people to open your hearts and your home. may life smile upon you

Congrats to you and your new family!

This is a really great thing you're doing and I wish you all the best!

All the best!

What you're doing is nothing short of heroic. I have to say "thank you" on behalf of the Human Race for taking on this responsibility.

I'm sure you and your wife have spent a few hours training in order to qualify to be foster parents, but you're going to feel overwhelmed a lot of times. Even heros can use some help. Don't ever hesitate to ask for it. Professional famly counselors can provide a lot of help in the situation that you'll soon find yourself in. Caring for your own flesh and blood can be taxing at times, and caring for a strangers kids is likely to be ten times more difficult. Don't be afraid to seek out help. Do it early and often in order to keep from fallng into self defeating behavior patterns.

Again, let me say that what you and your wife are doing is really beautiful, but it's going to be serious work for a few years. Don't forget to take care of yourselves as well.

Congratulations! That is indeed a life changing call.
I wish your, wife and your two children - because you are now parents (being a father or a mother is not, necessarily, "making" kids...) - all the best.