Favorite Quote..Mae West

"I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it. I never said there wouldn't be tears, I just promised to be there if there was. I never said it would be true love, I only said you'd know if it was. I never promised it would be forever, I only said to love unconditionally and generously with no recognition of time. I never said to hold on at all costs, I only said one day you'd have to let go and be free. I never said you'd get the rainbow without getting through the rain, I only said the sun is always brighter than the storm. I never said you wouldn't cry, or feel like your heart had died. I never said you wouldn't change inside. And if I had, I'd have lied."

Mama One, Mama Two By Patricia MacLachlan

Author of Sarah Plain and Tall also wrote this touching children's book. I found this book when I was a foster mom and fell in love with it. When foster kids first come your home you want them to feel like one of the other kids. Everyone is calling, "mom...mom....mom."
Foster kids begin to call you mom too. And this is just so, a mom is someone that cares for you, yet I did not want to replace their first Mom.
I had a foster child once for 1 1/2 years and he always called me mom. There were four other children in the house that called me mom, it only seemed right. So, we called his mom that he would go visit, "mama two." This is opposite of the book, but this is what worked for us. Ultimately he did go back to his mom. I was glad that he atleast kept the connection of calling her mom and not by her name, in the mean time, he felt comfortable and loved in our home.
We still keep in touch with him and he will be spending this summer with me as we have moved out of state.