Anyone foster/adopt kids?

[cudaspaz]

My wife and i decided to foster kids years ago and have had 50 or so kids come through our home within the past 8 years.
The second day after graduating our fostering classes, we were called up to take in four girls,(sisters) right off the bat.
They were ages 9-12.
The so called Mom was given plenty of chances by the court to follow a drug/crime free case plan, but decided that drugs and scum bag child molesting men were more important than the welfare of her kids.
Finally ,she really screwed up and the hammer came down with a four year sentence.
She reluctantly gave up her parental rights and we adopted three out of four of the girls.
The fourth, youngest, had severe violent tendencies and was a nightmare to live with, but understandable considering all the abuse she sustained living with those monsters.
The youngest went into therapeutic foster care and was adopted bt that families in laws who has a son that looks like her twinn.
We decided to quit fostering and concentrate on the girls we have because it really became quite stressful for the girls having to deal with so many other kids problems when they had so many skeletons of their own.

The girls are growing up so fast and they are all teenagers.
I can't believe how far they have come in seven years.
They all want to foster and adopt kids, and get involved in either law enforcement or childhood development carreers.

My wife and I had met all of our best friends through the foster care system, and I can say that life has been a true blessing by letting our home be a vessel for severely abused, neglected children.

I can't even explain how rewarding it is to see how a child can go from lice, bug infested, severely violent, depressed, bolemic,wild and immoral to one of the brightest, smartest, talented goal oriented kids among their peers.

I don't know why I am writing this, I guess I just feel like I want to share on this forum some of the blessings I have received since so many posts are so negative and full of bickering.

I have learned so much through theese kids, I can't even begin to explain how courageous theese kids are compared to some adults who have never been subjected to the horrors of physical, sexual abuse and neglect.

This has truly been the most rewarding position God has ever put me in.

If your life feels ho,hum, and empty like you know you were put here for a reason, but can't quite figure out what it is, maybe you can give it a try as the work is extremely hard, but the rewards are immense.

I am outnumbered by the female drama at times and I have to produce alot of testosterone to level the playing field, but i'm all exited that two of the girls want to come deer hunting with me this season so, Oh yeah, score one for the guys!