Sunday Half Time Ramblings

We picked up our new (used) Sienna Swagger Wagon Friday night. I tested it's mettle in the ice and sleet we had here in the mountain towns. The best part was that I did get up my driveway! It has heated seats and this is the first time all winter my god-given seat has been warm, too! Woo hooo.

We do not have a baby...The Division of Family Services had called us Friday for a placement- but thankfully found a foster home that would take both little ones (18 months and 3 months). We could only take the infant and preferred they be kept together.  I hate it when littles are split up. For older kids sometimes it is a blessing to be seperate from their siblings for a bit. Anyhow, it was nice to have the stork fly over the house...makes me wonder what other storks might be heading our way...

Court for James resulted in (who the heck knows) - more vagueness. A goal for him to remain in foster care indefinitly but have weekend and school vacations with his Mom. Except NOT for Feb School Vacation. Nope. It doesn't start until the Social Worker submits a written plan to the court next month. Nice. The court report also reflects loud and clear that James does not want to live with us and wants to be moved - and, to be honest, we are feeling the strain of having someone living with us who does not want to be with us.....we just want to have a family. I feel like they are dragging out the inevitable...

James has repeatedly told folks he wants to be in an African American Foster home in another nearby college town - yeah good luck with that. There aren't homes of color. Here or there. None. The Social Worker asked me if I knew of any foster homes of color. DFS is asking me???? I think this is where some solid recruitment needs to occur. I'm going to approach the well known African-American barber shop we go to in that nearby college town to see if I can put up some recruitment posters and if the owner will talk it up with his clientele to see where we can get an entre to a group (Church? Social? Civic? group) where we might reach out to families or singles folks of color willing to foster.....

Anyhow I can change bedtimes, curfews, what food I cook, what TV shows we allow, what kind of activities we do...but I CANNOT change the fact that I am a WHITE WOMAN. Can't. Nope. Can't change it. Frankly, I'm getting tired of apologizing for being me.

I went to a lovely baby shower today for friends of ours who are expecting their first birth child after fostering upwards of 15 kids....I am so excited that this lucky little (soon to arrive) baby boy will be blessed with 18 plus years of soaking in their love and kindness rather than just a few months.

Bobby's sister had a nice overnight stay with us and I was sad to see her go home....We hope to have her here for regular overnight/weekend visits with Bobby to strengthen their sibling bond.....as they head further into their teen and young adult years it will be even more important to have each other as a life-long resource. Anything we can do to help them build their relationship is a bonus.

Apparently you can go to www.Foxsports.com/ads to vote on your favorite ad aired during Superbowl. Fun! I publicly admit I only watch Superbowl for the commercials.  Although I dont really care for  football, I'm leaning towards Green Bay. We'll see.