Today I sit here unable to write exactly how insignificant I feel.
When you sign up to be a foster parent you're never given a handbook that explains that the only person who has rights is the parent.
I have watched a child cry in terror as their mother says she's coming to take them away. I have listened to parents tell their children that the animals are so sad that you're not here anymore that I'm going to have to give them away or put them down.
Everything protects the parent.
This adventure into foster care has shown me the the sink hole that is our foster system.
I wish people genuinely cared for the children and foster parents. I wish I could go outside and not worry about the bio parent showing up. I wish I could explain the process to the child and be open and honest about the parents progress.
Instead, everything is about secrets, misconceptions and lies from our state.
Do any other foster parents feel like this? Am I alone on this?
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