My Family Moments: Our Angel's Theme Song

Friday, May 10, 2013

Our Angel's Theme Song

I am crazy about music. I have been for as long as I can remember. My entire family is. My brother, sister and I have this insane ability to remember song lyrics only after a few listens. We would have killed it on Name That Tune! Anyway, music has helped me through some of the worst times of my life. I will get the biggest goosebumps and start crying when I hear Lee Greenwood sing "Proud To Be An American". It was playing a ton after 9-11 and during my long commute I had lots of time to think about those lyrics. Some songs I can't listen to because it reminds me of stuff I don't want to be think about, like an exes and my favorite song. It's corny and I'm not missing out. Others are so hilarious I have to call my sisters cell and put the phone to the speaker so she can hear the song playing on the radio at that very moment! Then I hang up. "Baby Got Back!" We don't even need to speak. We know who it is once we hear the music playing.

I think "Glad You Came" started playing on the car radio the night we picked up "Baby Girl". The words clicked and it was as if they were singing about what was about to happen. (side note: The "drink" needs to be thought of as a bottle of milk.)

"Glad You Came" - The Wanted

The sun goes down
The stars come out
And all that counts
Is here and now
My universe will never be the same
I'm glad you came

You cast a spell on me,
You hit me like the sky fell on me,
And I decided you look well on me,
So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me

Turn the lights out now
Now I'll take you by the hand
Hand you another drink
Drink it if you can
Can you spend a little time,
Time is slipping away,
Away from us so stay,
Stay with me I can make,
Make you glad you came

The sun goes down
The stars come out
And all that counts
Is here and now
My universe will never be the same
I'm glad you came
I'm glad you came

Can you hear it now? It's crazy I tell you. I swear this song was for Foster Parents. Probably not, but it makes me feel better. The biggest piece that hits home for me is "All that counts is here and now" because that is all we can think about. I can't think about tomorrow since I have no idea where our Angel babies and us will be. For now, we are so glad they came to us and we know our universe will never be the same.

Nite Nite!

:)Amy

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"Foster Family" Terminology

SW: Social Worker = This is a professionally trained (at times I feel from a YouTube video) individual who works for any County or private organization. My foster baby will have a SW and I will have a SW who is also known as a CCW. (see below)

CCW: Clinical Case Worker = This is a professionally trained individual, also known as a Social Worker who works for Angel’s Foster Family Network. They are assigned to a maximum of 12 families at one time and lead them through the fostering system. They are our right hand gal. (no males as of yet) This person does all the legal pushing and pulling on our behalf so we can focus solely on loving and caring for our foster babies. I would not and will not ever do my job as a foster mom without these people.

Supervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances. Most often the visits begin as 1 to 2 hours, 1 to 2 times a week. An adult that is approved must watch the parent with the child at all times. (sometimes a lot of work and sometimes boring as heck)

Unsupervised Visit = The bioparent has rights to see their child no matter the circumstances before. If they are improving their situation then they will eventually get the right to have visits without supervision. The foster parent must drop off the child at an approved location and pick them up later. Most often the visit is for 2-6 hours 1 to 2 times a week. And these will only increase in length as the situation improves. (super hard for the foster parent to move to this step)

Foster Baby/Child = A child that has been removed from their biological family due to many different reasons affecting the welfare of the child. They are then placed in protective custody under the County and State.