For months now, we have been joking with our two younger boys that they had better keep their rooms and shared bathroom clean in case we get a "new kid". Our RADish likes to dump all of his worldly posessions on the second twin bed in his room. We playfully remind him to tidy up and clear off the bed "in case we get a new kid".
Welllllll .....after all this time, we got a new kid!
A 13 year old boy joined our home this evening. Not his first time in care...he had been to our home once before - about a year ago- for an overnight respite type stay.
We did our best to welcome him back and make him feel at ease. The boys' Bathroom has one wall painted in chalkboard paint - so we had written WELCOME BACK _____! At tuck in time (Yawn......) that had been erased and replaced with I WANT TO GO HOME written seven or eight times in different colors of chalk.
How very, very sad.
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That is heartbreaking!
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