I had the amazing opportunity to visit with my brother and his wife and to watch and help as they prepare to bring home their newborn foster child tomorrow. We had an emergency shopping trip, quickly packed a diaper bag, washed bottles, and they hurriedly got ready to spend the night with the baby at the hospital. He'll be coming home with them tomorrow. He is beautiful and perfect. And they will make wonderful parents.
As fun as it was to shop and visit with them, the greatest joy was just being present in their moments of happiness and excitement. My brother would go from I-can't-wait to being nauseated with anxiety, while his lovely wife would laugh and say she just couldn't wait to see him. She's a mother at heart.
I hope that this child's placement with them will be a permanent one. As happy as they are right now, at the beginning of a brand new life and adventure, they will be equally devastated if for some reason he is removed from their foster care.
I am so thankful I had the chance to laugh with those who laughed, and to lay some planks across the scary and untested waters of sudden foster parenthood.
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