Sunday, May 18, 2014

All I Wanted For Mother's Day was a Mommy

This is my really late mother's day post. It is a week after Mother's day and I am finally getting around to this post. Between school, work, family, church and prom I finally have time. 

Not only are the orphans wanting a mommy for mothers day but the foster kids or the orphans that have a mommy coming for them but don't know it. 

Rita. All Rita knows is her crib. For seven years, she only has known that crib. Rita doesn't even know the meaning of having a mommy. We need to show her what mommies do for tummy aches and stinky diapers, nightmares and bad days. There is someone out there that can show Rita just that. 

Rita has a family!!!!!
Rita 
Her smile brightens the room! The dark room filled with cribs of other kids just like her.

Ruslan. Ruslan as been waiting for over eleven years. He doesn't know what it is like to get a good night kiss from a mommy or have her tuck him into bed and pray with him. He doesn't know what yummy food a mommy can make. Ruslan has a mommy out there somewhere that can do all those things and more. We just need to help him find her!!!

  












This is what he will do when he finds out he has a mommy coming for him.

Nevaeh. Nevaeh is a four year old girl. She has probably never experienced a mother's love.  This is what her RR profile says from someone who met her earlier this year "She needs out! She is skeletal and looks to be in very poor condition. Neveah just cries and cries if you get near her. Also, she appeared to be heavily sedated. She had a toy tied to her wrist/hand, and her hands were bound to not scratch herself." This is heart breaking. A mommy needs to break her out ASAP. And give her the love she deserves!!!
 
 Nevaeh (1) 

Collier. Collier is a fourteen year old boy who is in many ways like a toddler or a preschooler. Imagine what a loving mommy could do for him. He ages out in October of 2015. I, an almost seventeen year old, am having a hard time trying to imagine being like a toddler in many ways. Collier is only 2 years younger than me! A mommy needs to break him out before it is too late!!!

Collier has a family!!!
 

I hope and pray that each of these kiddos will at least have a mama on the way by next Mother's day!

Foster kids here in America (everywhere actually) probably have a hard time with this holiday too. They may get to see their mom or dad every once in a while but they may not get to spend time with them on these holidays. All the classrooms do crafts for mothers day but what if they don't have a mommy to give it to? I think older foster kids who knew their parents longer have a much harder time with things like this. 

If you are blessed like me to work with foster kids, give them extra love as they are going though tougher things than many of us have ever experienced. Show them that they really do matter. That they really are loved. That they mean a lot to you. Hug them this week. You may not realize how much they really need it.

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