The foster family was incredible. Their kids were all grown and starting families of their own. They treated the kids like they were their own family since day one. Eventually we were getting to see them more and more frequently — Sleep overs. Trips to the zoo. It was wonderful. But the truth was haunting us. Their incredible foster family wasn’t able to adopt them. Their kids were grown, and they didn’t think adopting a 3 and 7-year-old in their 50’s was feasible.
TW was elated that her niece and nephew were with such a caring family, and that she was able to maintain contact with them and do all the things an aunt should do.
But still, she prayed that they would be able to find a “forever” adoptive home and not linger in foster care.
Then, the miracle happened. TW describes a life-changing “accidental” meeting at a local park:
Then, on a seemingly random day, their foster mom took them to the park. While they were at the park, a woman asked my niece and nephew’s foster mom to hold her baby while she used the restroom. That lady happened to mention she had just finished classes to foster to adopt. They exchanged numbers.
Later that day, my nephew got ahold of his foster mom’s phone and accidentally dialed the lady from the park. This accidental call got the two talking and they eventually arranged to get together again.
First…a “random” meeting and then an “accidental” phone call by a three-year-old? I am so thankful for a faithful God who allowed these providential “accidents”!! The story just gets better from here:
The lady from the park and her husband knew right away they wanted to adopt my niece and nephew. They already had two sons of their own. The kids got along great. When the time was right, my niece and nephew moved in with them.
That lady from the park is now my niece and nephew’s MOM! She grew up in foster care and knew exactly what it was like to grow up without biological family. God knew SHE was exactly the mom they needed. He put them at the park that day! It was his plan!
Just when you think this tale couldn’t get any more wonderful, it does. Remember the foster mom who felt two old in her 50s to adopt such young kids? Well, TW says, “She became the family’s grandma.”
Photo: TW/Love What Matters
She does everything a grandma would do for their own family. Christmas and Easter dinner, trips, even takes all 4 kids for days at a time so the parents can have a break. God knew their family needed a grandma.
Ok, friends, it is at this point in the story that I shed a few tears. This two precious children were not able to be with their birth parents, and that will always be tragic. But look how God took something broken and made it so beautiful! These two now have loving parents and two more siblings. Their aunt and cousins are still in their lives, bringing important biological connections, and their adoptive family has loving surrogate grandparents in the form of the first foster parents, who also remain a steadying force in their lives.
God. Is. GOOD! Broken can be beautiful, and what a privilege to be able to even know about such a miraculous situation as this one. I am so glad TW shared, and I hope you will share this foster care story with someone who needs to hear it today!
