I can’t remember if I ever posted about this before, but I
was just thinking about a conversation I had with Primero probably sometime
last summer. I had been reading information from former foster youth and adult
adoptees and I shared some of the information with him because one adult said
they didn’t like how their adoptive parents never talked about adoption. I
asked him if he felt that way and he said he doesn’t feel the need to talk
about adoption all the time. We read a snippet about a former foster youth who
wasn’t adopted but still returned to his foster family as a young adult for
help and guidance. It prompted me to ask Primero how he thought things would
have gone if he had returned to his mom. I guessed we would still talk and I
would see his life through social media. “Nah,” he said, “I’d still be over
here all the time because my mom wouldn’t keep it together and I like it here.”
It warmed my heart because that was really the focus for me as a foster parent –
to give kids a safe landing spot when they needed it.
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