Me: "Hello?"
Child Placement Specialist: "Hello Mama Foster, how are you today?"
Me: (laughs because they don't just cut to the chase and ask me if I will take the kids) "Good, how are you?"
Child Placement Specialist: "I'm good. I know that you said that children younger than Lizzy or around the same age won't work right now, I was wondering if an older child might work."
Me: "No, I said the child would need to be much younger than Lizzy, we probably wouldn't consider anyone over 1 year old right now"
(No, I still haven't told anyone that I am pregnant)
Child Placement Specialist: "Oh, ok, let me write that down this time so I don't call you for the older ones anymore"
(This is the 3rd time they have called me and try to get me to take an older child)
Me: "Ok, perfect, thank you. Good luck finding a home for this child."
Child Placement Specialist: "Thanks Mama Foster, Good bye."
And I sit back and chuckle that I am still considering taking a child under one year old at all...especially after I swore I would never take another placement from this agency.
Haha! I love how they don't seem to remember the important stuff like what you're open to.
ReplyDeleteI must have missed the pregnancy announcement. CONGRATULATIONS!
you "swore" you would never take another placement from this agency? (i'm giving you a 'look') you are setting yourself up to be a liar :)
ReplyDeletei love you, and i know how your mind/heart works---it is amazing you have not said "yes" yet. which is yet another reason why I love you---you want to help these kids that are in such great need.
you are a wonderful person.
Good for you for not caving into each call:)
ReplyDeleteYeah, they DO tend to call for everything under the sun, don't they? :-) I loved how my agency called ME... A SINGLE, full-time working mom for a sibling group of three... Ages 2, 1, and 5 days old. REALLY!?! "Sure! Let's just send me to the funny farm now, shall we?!?"
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