I remember the day we went to court and the judge gave us temporary custody. My husband and I just moved into our home and we only had two bedrooms, which was our bedroom and one extra room (that room only had one bed and a dresser in there). State law states that children who are in the system can not share a bed even if they are related. The social workers fought so much for us not to get the girls because of the one bed situation but the judged over ruled them and told me to get an extra bed as soon as possible and that he understood about moving into a new house (it happened so quickly we were shocked that we got them so fast that we didn't even have time to shop for them). My sister and I went to go pick up the girls but we had obstacles in front of us the social workers wouldn't release the girls to us stating that the judge told us to get them on another day, so we left and went home and I called the police and showed the police the court order that the girls were to come home with us and that's when the social workers released the girls to us. The foster parents gave us two bags of clothes........ When we reached home and opened the bag of clothes, all the clothes had maggots, had an awful smell, shoes were entirely too small, and majority of the clothes were small too. It was so bad that we had to throw those clothes and shoes away. We had absolutely nothing for the girls.
That same week I had to attend a reading/writing workshop. M.F. workshop was so amazing that she mentioned how she wrote a book and she dedicated to a young boy whom was a foster child and she briefly told us a story about him and when she went back to the school she met the young boy to give him the book he moved again to another foster home. Her story about him really touched my heart dearly that during one of our mini breaks I pulled M.F.to the side and told her how I just received temporary custody of two beautiful girls in which they are biological sisters and how one was actually my student. I also told her how they were handed to us and how we had no clothes nor shoes for them when they came to us. I also stated to her how times were rough because my husband had just lost his job right after we purchased our home.
So day two of the workshop everyone went to lunch and when I came back, M.F. planned a kids shower for me. I was so surprised that they took the time out to plan a kids shower for me. My fellow teachers also participated. They gave me clothes, shoes, monetary gifts, books, games, coloring books, dolls, teddy bears and etc. Just thinking back as I am writing this is bringing me to tears because they blessed me in so many ways that I will never forget them................
The breakdown came when M.F. came to me and gave me a speech that she posted my story on her Facebook page and how my story touched a lady life so much that the lady blessed my family with $1,000... I just broke down and cried because what she has done for my family. M.F. and C.S. are my earthly angels, they hold a special place in heart forever.
Then my sister went to work and told her co workers about us adopting the girls and how we had to throw all the clothes and shoes away, the next day my sister came to my house with clothes and shoes from her co workers.
People has told me numerous of times that the girls are blessed to have us in their lives but my response to them is No We are BLESSED to have them in our lives.
