#days in foster care

There's seemingly a new trend around. As best I can figure, it started with this article and photo shoot about how many days a girl spent in foster care before she was adopted. Now many people are posting and blogging about how many days their kids have been in care and how ridiculously high that number is.

But guess what?

I think in many ways foster care is a GOOD THING. My kids are 303 days in care minus the 15 days they were moved away from me for their "vacation" which didn't work out.

That's 288 days that they have not been hurt.
That's 288 days that someone has not failed to protect them.
That's 288 days that they've been able to heal.

I get the point of the article. Kids should not be lingering in limbo with permanency a carrot dangling in front of them for days, months, years. More importantly, we all wish there was not a need for foster care to begin with--that every child in the world could hold up a sign reading "0 days in foster care."

Unfortunately, there will always be a need for foster care. But it's not all bad. In fact, much of it is good.

288 days of lovin' and more to come.