Meeting Jose

Chris and I had our last foster/adoption training today, and we got to meet a foster dad named Jose. He was awesome and totally inspiring. He admitted that he and his wife went into foster care thinking it'd be a piece of cake, because they both work with children. But, it wasn't. Jose described how challenging foster care can be. I wasn't surprised to hear that. He also told us about the rewards of helping children. He currently has an 11 year old boy in addition to his three biological children, so he's really busy! Jose mentioned that the kids get sad when the foster son has family visits, because they miss him at the dinner table. This point clearly emphasizes the fact that foster kids become your kids, eventhough you don't know what the future has in store for them. I guess I just wish that more people could find it in their heart to foster children.