John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Thu Mar 19 20:14:42 CDT 2009
So which is off topic, getting all mushy or the long post on Williams Region Duplication syndrome? ;) Allie and Robbie are both lucky kids, to have made it out of the foster care system relatively unscathed, and as young as they did. Both were placed in foster care early, Allie at birth (with us) and Robbie at 3 months (biologically unrelated). Robbie was removed from his mother's care for failure to thrive at 3 months - sadly he was starving to death because his mom was an addict (and other problems). Mary and I were brand new foster parents in Connecticut. We got Robbie as our first placement when he was 16 months old. He had originally been placed with a "professional" foster care person who had about 100 kids over 20 years and just burned out. When we got him he didn't know what a hug was. Nine months later we got Allie straight from the hospital at 3 days old. Robbie just loves his little sister and of course Allie idolizes Robbie. It took about 2.5 years for the court system to terminate parental rights for both of them. By then Mary and I had been mom and dad to them for pretty much their entire life so the state asked if we wanted to adopt them, and we ended up adopting them on the same day, which in itself is pretty strange. God works in mysterious ways! Mary and I are lucky to have them, they are both just delightful little people. Of course we are OLD and kids are a LOT OF WORK! ;) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Darryl Collins wrote: > Even though this is wildly OT (but it is Friday in Oz), I really like to read these sort of emails when they occasionally pop-up - not only did I learn something new, but it also gives John a new depth of character for me. > > This sort of chatter makes all of you people 3D and in colour, with families, hopes, dreams and problems outside of our usual dry MS Access issues and that really means something to me. Maybe it is because I see most of you as some sort of extended family. dunno... > > Anyway - I am starting to sound mushy. (note to self: must cut back on medication this week) - If I keep this up I may need to start watching day time TV and getting weepy at Oprah ;) > > All the best with your Daughter John, she is lucky to have a strong and supportive family. > > cheers > Darryl. > >