This is a little long, but its a story I have to tell. Every night after Kyler and Reeces mom goes through their bedtime routine, I take over at the end to read them a book and say their prayers. Tonight something was a little different. Kyler got out of bed and wrapped his arms around me in a HUGE hug. He said, I love you so much! I asked him why he loved me so much, and I wasnt really expecting an answer, and especially not the one he gave me. He said, I love you because you arent mean to me, you listen, and you make me not scared. He then looked up at me with his huge missing-tooth smile. I almost lost it. I picked him up and hugged him. I held him for a few minutes thinking about what he had said, and he fell asleep in my arms. As trying as it can be -emotionally, physically, financially- to have these kids in my house, things like this make me take a step back...and I know that opening my home and my heart to them is helping them more than I even realize. After the short, hard life these kids have had, I know that by making sure they have an environment that is clean, safe, healthy, loving, structured, and nurturing....they are getting exactly what they need. I didnt expect them to notice it, but after what Kyler said tonight, he recognizes whats happening...and how his life has changed. That just makes everything more worthwhile...and being the emotional person I am, after I laid him in bed, I finally lost it. I have the satisfaction of knowing that even when these kids move on, I have given them something that has not only helped them, but that they know and appreciate all that Ive done for them. Its an unbelievable feeling.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:59:11 +0000
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