Thankful

Tonight I picked Younger Kid up for his weekend visit. The facility where he stays is located several hours away and they send the kids down to the city on a bus for home visit weekends. We meet across town and I always take Younger Kid to McDonald's for dinner.

As we sat at our table munching french fries, Younger Kid handed me a folded piece of paper and asked me if I wanted to read it. Sure, I said.

Here is what he wrote..

Today I am going to share about someone that I am thankful for. I am really thankful for my therapist, Rachel, My Mom, Advocate Mom, and my social worker Alisa. I highly doubt that I would bemaking the amount of progress that I have made if Rachel didn't team up with my mom and my social worker. OH! I can't forget my little sister, older brother, and my Dad.

It all started when one of my other social workers took me away from my bio parents and put me into the county's custody. When that happened something clicked in my brother's head and he became the father figure that I needed at that moment. We stayed together for some time after we were taken from our parents. The hardest time that came for him and me was when we were told that we were going to be put up for adoption. After we were told that we were going to be put up for adoption we got split. At that moment it seemed like time had stopped.

The first time that I saw my brother again was after a year. During that year I wasn't able to talk to him or see him at all. We saw each other when one of our old social workers brought us to McDonald's to meet a couple of her friends. When I saw Advocate Mom and Advocate Dad there I knew and I told my brother that these were the people who were going to be the new mom and dad.

It took some time before my brother and I were together again. After awhile we had some bumps and bruises along the way. About a year later I was adopted and after that Alisa came into the picture. I was thankful that my mom and dad decided to adopt me.

If it wasn't for my mom and dad I would not have my little sister. She has really helped me want to turn my life around as much as I have. I would probably be in jail if she was not brought into this world.

Mom and Dad, thank you for putting up with all of my problems. I am really sorry for everything that I have put you through. I love you both.

Sincerely,
Younger Kid

We are very thankful for him too. :-)