You don't often see these kinds of stories

I cam across this article from Utah about a mother who had her children taken and put into foster care. She has apparently turned her life around, and her children are coming home. Congratulations to Stacey Rice and all she has accomplished, and good luck to her in the future. Just as important, a big congrats to Kathy Stoner, the children's foster mother. I don't know either of these people, and I have never been to Utah, but you just don't see stories like this very often. You can read the whole story here:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11227099

Family Meeting

Today was the monthly family meeting. It looks like our foster daughter will not be in the first two to go home. We are glad she will be around for a while longer. The whole process with the family will probably take a few months. She is going to spend 6 hours on Xmas day with her family.

We were concerned about how the reunification would go. I guess it will be one overnight followed by a weekend overnight and then a little more and more until she is no longer with us and spends all her time with her family.

I have to tell you, we have ceretainly grown to love her over the year she has been here. She is absolutely adorable. I know we will miss her, and I am sure she will miss us, but a famiy should be together, and she belongs with her birth family if that is possible.

There will be a woman coming from the reunification team on wednesday to talk with us about our little girl and see what she may need in the way of special services during the reunification process. I am not sure what exactly that involves as it is our first time, but I will certainly let you know.