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janiedoe said:
I had a foster child for a little while. She was 15 when she came to live with me. She was a few years older than my youngest son. It did not work out. I felt very guilty for giving up on her, but she was at a point where she needed to help/change herself a little and she wasn't willing. My son might have been in trouble if he had spent too much time with her. (She crawled into bed with him one morning and that was the last straw.)
She was very bad about stealing and shop lifting, doing drugs and other inappropriate behavior. She wouldn't work with me, her counselors, or her teachers. I spent a lot of time going to meetings.
Her mother was dying of liver failure. I met her through work and that's how I came to take her in. Her mom was a prostitute and drug addicted.
I wish her mother had given her up when she was younger. Last I heard of the teen, she had three children before she was 20. She kept in touch with my daughter for a while but mostly to ask for money. I hope her children are better off.
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That is awesome you were kind hearted enough to take her in. But as you said when she got in bed with your son that would have done it for me too. She had likely witnessed way too many bad behaviors to know any better but that is still not a good excuse. Unfortunately I think there are a lot of kids in the same or similar situations. It makes me sad to know a child has to grow up in those kind of circumstances. My parents weren`t perfect raising kids and neither were we. But as a child I knew my parents loved me and our kids knew they were loved!
 
N F C said:
Good morning everyone. Today will be a day without exclamation marks because Kelsey used them all :gig

Another day in the deep freeze for us, hope someone somewhere is enjoying some nice weather.
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Good morning Debby! (I found one...lol)

29°F this morning, but we're starting to warm up again, should be above freezing for the next 15 days. Wish I could send those temps your way.

Steal your blanket back, snuggle under it, your kitty, have a hot cuppa whatever, maybe a donut or two and stay warm! 😁💗
 

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