One week ago, we made the final trek out to our nieces’ foster carers’ house and brought them home. Since then, I have tried to write a couple of times, but I struggled to find the words that adequately summarised how I am feeling. So here goes. I knew in my head that this was… Continue reading 5. One Week In
4. First Contact–> First Sleep Over
(Monday 28th September 2015) How did we move so quickly and so far in the space of one week? On one Friday, we met our nieces for the first time in about 20 months (they had been so young when we last met that they had probably forgotten who we were). Even though we had… Continue reading 4. First Contact–> First Sleep Over
3. The Transition Plan
(Wednesday 16th September) My heart rate hasn’t slowed all day. I feel a little queasy, a bit jittery. My mind is a useless, buzzing haze. This morning I received an email from our caseworker with our draft transition plan attached. After nearly nine months of waiting for phone calls to be returned, so little progress,… Continue reading 3. The Transition Plan
2. Our year of growing up
My husband and I have been a couple since I was in my mid-teens; he in his late teens. We married when I was 18 (no, I was not pregnant), and for the first six years of our marriage lived in a self-contained granny flat behind my parents’ house. During that time we both obtained… Continue reading 2. Our year of growing up
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