I am at a point where I am realizing once again how unfair life can be sometimes. I should not be surprised by this fact nor should I truly feel that I am one who life has been unfair to. I have been lucky enough to enjoy a life of blessings that many would love.
But.....as we all know there are times when even the best of lives have moments in which you wonder why things happen the way they do.
I find myself thinking of children. Not my (our) unfortunate luck of not having our own children--but the parents that find themselves with children that they do not want, do not love, do not treasure.
I find the irony just "ironic"! Here I am.....with the great husband, the solid marriage, the two good jobs, the close extended family, all the settings for a so-called picture-perfect family in which to raise children----children that we consiciously want!
I am witness to a mother who does not want her baby. Who does not care for this child. That "endangered" (though I would call it something much worse) this child. She doesn't want this child. She doesn't want to raise it, love it, nurture it, treasure it.
But she refuses to give it up. She fights---she has little else to do---and she prolongs this child of a family, a permanent place to call her home. She claims she loves this child, that she is the mother. Well....when will being a mother mean more than just being able to conceive and deliver a baby.
As hubby and I have watched this story unfold, and are slowly venturing into the world of foster care ourselves----we wonder if we are ready for this. We know we are ready for the children----we don't know that we are ready for the parents like this one. To dedicate ourselves to help "reunite" children with these parents that have taken them for granted. And to give a home, permanently, to the ones that despite all efforts cannot be reunited.
Life is just plain not fair sometimes!!!!!
Love, S
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