The end to the beginning

So we FINALLY got word today that we are a LICENSED FOSTER FAMILY! Of course, I cried after I got the news. The call came at the perfect time right after a visit. We started our journey on August 7th - and here we are, nearly six months later, staring the real adventure in the face.  Truly, our adventure has just begun. Once we get "the call," our normal will change forever. 

We face the reality that the children we care for will be broken. They will come from hard places that we can only imagine. 

We face the realization that these children may not know what love is. 

No one has ever told us that being a foster parent is easy - and we don't expect it to be.  

We face the possibility of having several children come and go before one steals our heart and actually comes up for adoption (only about half of them do). 

It will take a couple days for our agency to get us into the state's system as an "open" family. Once that happens (maybe by Friday), we can get a call at any time asking us if we're willing to take a placement. I can go to bed a mom of ONE and wake up as a mom of THREE (albeit possibly temporary). 

((An important and crucial note: my Facebook mention of the child(ren) will be very brief and limited because of confidentially. Their story is theirs to keep and not mine to share. We don't ask each other about our difficult pasts - please don't ask me about theirs.))

I am BLESSED beyond measure to be here right now. God took my broken heart of infertility and replaced it with a heart of purpose. 

God took my sadness and replaced it with jubilance. 

It is only because of HIM that we are here right now.  

To GOD be the glory!!! Can't wait to see WHO He has in store for us :)

 "For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name." Luke 1:49