tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965950018700381667.post4744610190304926605..comments2022-03-27T05:09:49.072-05:00Comments on Welcome the Child: Disruption Lindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10465819722578298033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965950018700381667.post-61681845162482559852013-07-24T15:17:29.428-05:002013-07-24T15:17:29.428-05:00Lindsey - I'm so proud of you...not just for d...Lindsey - I'm so proud of you...not just for doing foster care and having an awesome blog, though those things are great...but because your life consistently shows God to everyone around you. Your obedience to his Word, your willingness to sacrifice, and your every effort to choose joy speaks to us all of who God is and what life looks like when it's lived his way. Your friendship and example is, and always has been a treasure to me. I love you! <br /><br />Oh, and Barb, I love you too! Linds is so blessed to have you as her mom. The blog post already had me in tears, but then your comment kicked it up a notch! :-)Melanie La Ruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280903017142633347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965950018700381667.post-1892442659139630402013-07-18T14:48:16.930-05:002013-07-18T14:48:16.930-05:00Watching you go through this process was so hard ....Watching you go through this process was so hard . . . but I felt assured that you would make the right decision for you and for the kids because I knew you truly loved them--as did I--and I knew that prayer would be the cornerstone from which your decision would be played out. I pray I didn't make the decision harder because of my own tears because I truly did understand what was happening to you. It's just that when you take on a placement, Dad and I do too (as I know Derek's family does also)and when changes come they effect all of us. They become our grandchildren with no love held back. And with love comes the pain of loss when they go. I wouldn't change that for anything. As you've said many times, if it doesn't hurt when they go, then you're not doing it right--they deserve that kind of love in their lives. But as I stated when they were gone, out of all the foster children you've had and the many, many more you will have in your lifetime, not every placement will have a perfect, happy ending. It just won't. That doesn't mean that God isn't still working in your life and in those kids' lives and taking them somewhere else that will be as good for them or, dare I say it, even better? With as much prayer from all of us that surrounded this new placement, I can't help but believe they are right where the Lord wants them right now. And your little family of 5 is right where He wants you, too. God bless you! I'm always on your side and I fully support the prayerful decision that was made--no matter hard hard. Love you forever, Mom Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com