Her

Sometimes if I don't write about something it's a good thing because I might not be so cynical. I can chalk up yesterday's family conference to another learning experience in foster care. Birth parents, possible adoptive parents, about 5 CPS people and myself. I must say that I did feel like the guest of honor since I had the baby. I was very protective of him. Todd was protective of us, too. He didn't want me driving there by myself since the cps office in Ft Worth is not exactly bubble land. Brian ending up being my chauffeur/ body guard. A little awkward when I first got there. I immediately went to the opposite end of the table than birth parents. It lasted 2 hours. The thing I was most impressed with was the way in which cps handled themselves. They were not "high and mighty" but humble and showed grace. The meeting was very well run and organized. The purpose was to get a plan for the baby. I wish I could go into more detail but because of confidentiality I can't. I'll just say that at one point it did feel a little like the Jerry Springer show but all in all more like I first described. One other interesting point was when the birth mom was asked who she had for a backup plan if the adoptive parents that were there didn't work out. She looks around the room and eyes land on me. "Her", she says. Todd says she must be smart if she chose me out of the lineup. Didn't tell the kids this bit of the tale. They would all go into high hopes of keeping him. Even Lucas said yesterday, can't we keep him? I don't think they are picturing this baby getting older. For right now he's the sweetest thing any of us can imagine and we are enjoying every minute of this blessing.