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The Child.
Submitted by: Foster
TexasI am a 22 year old female
Me and my girlfriend got licensed to foster back in February 2015. Soon it was March, April, July, five months passed and we had still had not gotten a child placed in our home. Of course the entire 5 months we were both hoping and dreaming about getting a child, we had been told to expect a child within a month, tops. We lost hope and wished, but didn’t believe as much.
Then at the beginning of August, I remembered my birthday was coming up in the middle of August. I wanted nothing more than a baby! When anyone asked what I wanted for my birthday, I said Nothing, just a child” and when people asked me what my plans were I would say “Well I plan to have a baby by then so, stay at home.”. The closer my birthday got, the more I truly believed I was going to get a baby. I did not care about gender, but I was really hoping for a girl because I wanted to be able to buy dresses, bows and dress her up.
Then 2 days before my birthday I got a call about a baby girl. It was a very unusual call because usually they tell you about the child, and this just seemed off. The lady called from a different number and seemed in a huge rush to hang up. She said she would call me back in a few minutes, and sure enough in a few minutes later my phone rings!
I got so excited, but when I reached for my phone I had never been so unhappy to see my girlfriend calling me! When I answered I yelled at her for about 5 minutes on how she had the worst timing, and that I had just gotten a call for a 6 month old baby girl and she was going to call me right back! And how she made me get my hopes up more than ever!
She just listened to me without saying a word. And then I finally stopped and said “Now what do you want????”
She said “Well first off, she’s 7 months old not 6. And we got chosen.”!
She has a job, and can’t really answer her phone so I was the one who usually got the calls. I was not expecting for her to know anything. They were placing her the day before my birthday, and I got more than I could ever ask for!
Although she is my foster child, and not my adopted child, she has made our world!!