Dealing with Loss

Last night as I go to pick up the young lady I have been working with, I notice that she is crying.
I find out that one of babies in the house has been placed with a foster family in Tuscon.  She will be leaving today.  Exciting news for this little one, hard news for those who have seen her grow and helped take care of her for the past year and a half.
This may not be the loss due to death , but it is loss do to separation.  It can have the same affect.
These kids deal with this continually.  One person moves in, they are there for a while then they are gone.
When this is all you know, some get numbed by the process and feel nothing, the lucky ones feel every hurt and learn  that loving people is okay even when we don't have them around.

hard stuff to deal with at a young age.

Looking Back

I have been looking back and have realized that I have been going to this particular home of young women, every week, for a year and a half now.  I have had the opportunity to speak into the lives of 13 young ladies and 19 young ones during this time.  It is amazing how fast time goes by.  In a year and a half there have been 32+ kids come thru this one house.  Some stay a few years until the age out, some are there for just a few weeks, some get transferred to other group homes for one reason or another.
These 13 young ladies, with their babies, have left an impression in my heart. Some I have maintained communication with as they have aged out of the system.  Some I can not find or do not have a way to communicate with.  They all have their stories and all are unique and special.  I can't wait to hear about the great things they do.
I hear from the staff at the house that the girls look forward to my coming.  They get their chores done so they can participate in whatever we do that night.  It doesn't matter what we do, color, play games, exercise, paint, create, talk, watch a movie, swim, carve pumpkins, decorate for the holidays, and the list goes on.  They just know I care enough to come and so they look forward to it.

What difference can you make?  What do you have to offer? Let me know I would love to hear.