Jan. 3, 2007 - But I Don't Wanna!!!
Over the past few days, I have been preparing to send one of our children off to public school. Yes, you read that correctly. Me, the woman who vowed that none of my children would ever attend a Godless school, is preparing to do just that. Why, you may ask? Because I have absolutely no say in the matter.
A little, yellow school bus will be coming to our house (I can just hear our neighbors gasping right now) and be picking up our 3-yr. old foster son. He has to go away to preschool through the public school system because he qualifies for services. Because he is still a ward of the state, the state must ensure that he gets all services that he qualifies for (and because the birth parents want whatever we don't want). Why does he qualify? Because he lacks social skills. Why does he lack social skills? Because he has Reactive Attachment Disorder. How did he get Reactive Attachment Disorder? From the incredibly unstable life he had for his first 2 years. What will be happening to him next week? He'll be yanked out of a stable home and shoved into a strange place for half of his day. What is the best course of treatment for a toddler with RAD? To be stuck next to his mama's side at all times. Will this be possible? No, because he will be at preschool because he qualifies for services. Will this most likely wipe out the 16 months of work we've done with him so far? There's a good chance it will.
Can you hear this mama kicking and screaming all the way??
Sigh...
Hopefully, this will all be over soon. There is a pretrial date next week. Then a trial date will probably be set within a month. A decision normally comes 2 weeks after that. Then our home will be considered the boys' adoptive home and not their foster home. Then I can yank my little one out of preschool and get him back home... where he belongs.
The other children are upset that we'll be missing a child for half of the day. It's kind of funny, because they feel sorry for him that he has to go away to school. They have absolutely no desire to do school away from our home. He will even be eating breakfast there, so it will be strange to have an empty seat at our table in the morning.
In the meantime, I tread in a foreign land... permission slips, supply list (do you know how hard it is to find a decent little backpack this time of the year??), parent/teacher conferences... oh my.
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Jan. 3, 2007 - Praying....
Posted by WellWithMySoul
Praying for you and your family. May God comfort you all.
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Jan. 3, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Hutcheson
I just visited your blog for the first time and enjoyed it. I have always had a desire to adopt so I was glad to read about your foster children. I'm sad to hear that the one will be going to school. I pray that it won't last long and that some good will come from it.
God bless,
Tammy
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Jan. 3, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by michelle
How thoughtless to uproot a little man (wounded, yet healing) from the stability he is being nurtured in and mess up his routine.
I am praying that all goes as well as it can, and that it is merciuflly short.
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Jan. 4, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by mumof5
Wow - that's a big change for you all. Let's pray the adoption is all worked out soon. It must be frustrating to have others have the power but you have all the investment, love, responsibility.
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