The New Adventures of Old Carissa

I gave myself a 36th Birthday gift, a little early (almost a week early) I set up the meeting and started the process Aaron and I have been talking about for a few months, we will soon be foster parents with the option to adopt if that becomes available.

Had you asked me when I was a little girl or even last year if I would ever consider being a foster parent I would have told you that it takes a special person to be a foster parent and I would have to look deep before I even considered that option. Today I looked in a social workers eyes and said with all the confidence in the world “Sign us up” and she did, after I went on a search for Aaron’s social security number, someday maybe I will memorize that number!

The paperwork is all vaguely familiar, we had to have a foster to adopt license when we adopted the twins so this paperwork is the same. We have to update the smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and put a new vanity in the bathroom but really we have months to make those changes and a few more changes we really want to complete.  Hopefully we will start our mandatory classes in the first week of October and they will be over in early December, if that class is full we will likely start our classes in December or January and be done by Aaron’s 39th birthday in March.

Until today we thought we had considered it all (1) Special Needs – check as long as there are no mobility issues we are good (2) Behavioral Issues – no overly violent or fire bugs other than that check (3) Siblings – no doubt this is what we want the opportunity to keep a family together (4) Teen Moms – this special program is what drew us to the program an opportunity to keep mom and baby together and (5) could we handle family reunification if that was the goal – yes as long as the kids were safe. I now now we have so much more to consider but nothing major and nothing that we cannot change in the future if we find ourselves in over our heads!

The final change to our lives will be the hardest one for me – a mini van or some similar vehicle. There is no way to get anymore than ONE more child in my beloved car and we have space for up to 4 foster children in our home. So I need a vehicle that can accommodate two adults and 6 children at most, possibly as many as 6 car seats/booster seats. I hope they make a vehicle that accommodates everyone that does not make me look old or crazy….wish me luck on that search, maybe I will finally get that red vehicle that I have been wanting for a very long time

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