Well today my heart is a little bit heavy. One of the HR Manager's I work with participates in a foster family program. She has taken in three different babies and served as a foster family for them. All three have been from mothers who abandon the child or are addicted to drugs. The most recent little guy she just got this week. He is only 6 weeks old. His mother is 20 and addicted to heroin. Apparently he is doing better and better everyday but is still under weight and has to have methadone given to him every 4 hours. She said he just has a terrible fit if he doesn't have his methadone because he is in such pain. The mother used to come to the hospital to visit him and she would be high.
I literally was almost in tears when she was talking about this. She showed me a picture and he is such a precious little guy. I just can't stop thinking about it knowing that there are so many other children in this same situation right now. I really commend her for doing this , I honestly don't think I would be strong enough.
I can't wait to go home tonight and hug my Lucabear just a little bit tighter.
Seeing those Haitian kids on TV breaks my heart too. I just want to hold them and love them. Their big sad tears and dirty faces, ugh it kills me!
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