I had no idea how many people would even take the time to read my lousy written blog and who it would impact, those of you who read it and even the one who read it from the very beginning I just want to say thank you! Thank you for sharing your response with me, it means so much to me that our lives make some kind of positive impact on just one person.
One of our major updates is with Jay and he is doing great! He started a new medication and while we cant tell much of a difference at home its working at school which is where he struggles the most. I have seen a huge difference in his behaviors at home and the way we parent him has changed dramatically as well. I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We feel like our very hard time being there was so worth and were so happy with the progress he continues to make everyday. He will continue therapy once a week and see his regular doctor every 3 months for follow ups. He is enjoying school, family time, friends and he has even been the water boy for the basketball team a couple of times.
Michael is doing pretty good. He is struggling in school and he has started occupational and physical therapy 2 times per week through the school. [which I am so grateful for] We have a follow up on the 13th with his neurologist and hopefully we can get some insight as to whats going on with his development. He enjoyed Christmas so much and just couldnt believe all the present he got!
Biscuit..ooohh Biscuit. He is a character, always has been, always will be! He is enjoying riding the bus with the basketball team and daddy. He is wrapped around his daddy's finger. He has a new friend, Clara Grace, that I have been watching over Christmas break and they have really hit it off, he loves having someone his age/size to play with!
Jaxon has learned so much lately! He has learned to wave and to blow kisses! I love when he learns new things and imitates us! He is at such a fun age! The boys sure have loved spending time together during Christmas break and this momma could get used to have everyone home all day too [mainly daddy]!
Now you may be wondering why the title to this post is "Reviewing the play!" well.. here goes nothing. Laying my heart out there for everyone to judge [human nature, its ok, I understand] but we know what our calling is and we have faith that the Lord will provide all things we need, including patience! So here it goes, you may want to grab a cup of coffee and put on your comfy pants!------- December 18th I got a phone call from a DFW number and I answered it expecting it to be the hospital/doctor, boy was I wrong. A young sobbing mom was on the other end, Jay's biological mom, R. I just knew something bad had happened, she proceeded to beg me to take her other two children, T1 (a three year old boy) and T2 (an 18 month old GIRL!!!!) so that they wouldn't go into foster care. When we adopted our children we promised to ourselves and the boys that we would do whatever we could to protect their (the boys) brothers and/or sisters when and if the time ever came--well the time is here--I made a quick call to Jeremy to see what he thought and his response was "what time do we pick them up?" By this time CPS CW (caseworker) had calls with the very few details she could share with me. We say yes and she says "I will call you in a bit to tell you what time to get the kids."... and.... we...wait... we try to gather things, like beds, and clothes, car seats, toys, etc. She finally calls back, CPS decided to place them elsewhere, in a foster home. We were shocked and dumbfounded. CPS's goal is to keep kids out of foster care and we were willing to take them, why aren't they coming home with us!?! We will never know.
Fast Forward to today!
Another DFW phone number pops up--I barely recognize it, I answer. "Mrs. Kirk, this is Tina from CPS" umm yes maam?- Well the kids court hearing was today and the judge has decided that we could take the children as a kinship placement, wait, what?!? oh em gee! So we said yes AGAIN and now we wait on CPS to come do a home study with us and then they will move the kids to our house. We will hopefully know more details in 1-2 more weeks. For now, we pray, a lot, and start getting bows, beds, toys, and new clothes for the little ones that don't have much!
We know people are going to think "its too much for them" or "they should focus on the kids they have" or "I don't know how they can do that" or "they are going to overwhelm themselves" and I understand all those concerns and comments but unless you have walked in our shoes please just consider supporting us instead of criticizing our choices. I know it may seem "impossible" or "stupid" to some but when your doing what God calls you to do, He makes a way of making things a lot easier than they appear to be to everyone else. Now that its all out there feel free to judge us or support us, either way I know it will be in love and I do not expect everyone to understand and that is ok, that's why were all called to do something different.
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Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help. You and your family are an inspiration to me!
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