In early July 2018 we got our third placement, Moe. He was 15 months old and was part of group of 4 siblings. How they were separated I’m still not clear about to this day? They were taken from their mom because she had a relapse with drugs and would leave her kids unattended for extended periods of time. The neighbors saw what was happening and called Child Protective Services (CPS).
Moe is one that we fell in love with hard! He had a great spirit and always had a smile on his face. Of course he was super adorable. We had him for nearly 2 months.
When he first came he was in a diaper and that was it. It’s normal in Fostering to get infants and children in only diapers or underwear and nothing more. We usually had clothes of all sizes for infants and toddlers to dress them when they arrived. After we got them Pia would scramble to get them more clothes. Pia wisely went to second hand stores and used sites like Facebook Marketplace to find clothes. Once restocked on infant food and getting more clothes the next thing we would do is get the infant/toddler to a doctor. Again, we knew nothing of the infant/child we got so a doctors appointment was needed. Just in case the child had any preexisting medical conditions such as asthma we could help them. Luckily with Moe, aside from needing some vaccinations he was in good shape.
We LOVED bringing Moe everywhere with us. He had a great spirit and super cute smile. No matter where we went someone would come to us and comment on how cute he was or how they loved his smile.
Sadly, shortly after we got him the social worker called and told us his story. He and his siblings had been in Foster Care before with another family. They were all going to go back to the Foster family they were with before. This time it would be final. We county was going to pursue terminating parental rights of the birth parents. That would open the door for the other Foster family to adopt them.
On August 11th, 2018 the other foster family came to pickup Moe. We had him for six weeks and became really attached. After he was gone, he just sat and cried for a little while. Again, fostering is heartbreaking and frustrating.