I'm trying to combine a couple blogs into one, so I'm reposting some old information. Here is the story of how we came to have David in our family, written right after his adoption in August 2009.For those of you who don't already know, here is a quick (ok, maybe not so quick) version of David's story.
In February of 2008 we were a few months past Hassani's adoption. Tony and I both found that we were thinking of fostering again, but we wondered if we were rushing things and if it would be right for our family. We decided to spend a week in prayer about it. Should we start fostering again or wait a while? At the end of the week we felt that fostering again was the right decision to make, so we called our social worker and let her know we were opening our home again.
Although we didn't know it, another foster family had also spent a lot of time in prayer, and at about the same time. On the same day we called our social worker, they called theirs. They had been taking care of David. They loved him very much, but their house in ruralKansas
On Wednesday, February 14, 2008 we heard about David and talked with his social worker. Because David's medical care was pretty involved, she wanted us to meet with one of his doctors at the hospital. Tony's parents were in town visiting us and were happy to stay with Zeke, Hassani, and Gladys while we went that evening. The social worker and the doctor met us up in David's room. We stayed for a while and learned about David, held him, asked questions, tried to think of more. We left that night telling the social worker we'd get back to her in the morning so we could think it through first. I think she knew before we left the hospital. We decided in the car on the way home and called her the next day. We wanted to take care of David. On Friday, with Tony's parents still in town, I moved in to the hospital with David and started learning how to take care of him.
David was 20 months old, though he was functioning on about a 6 month old level. He had a lot of medical issues as well. The hospital staff was wonderful. David's first foster family was incredible, spending a lot of time with us so that we knew everything we possibly could about David. After a few days in the hospital we were able to bring him home and settle in.
Later, we realized that David needed an adoptive family, and after much prayer we decided that we wanted him as part of our family forever and we started the adoption process. On August 26, 2009 David's adoption into our family was complete. He's a Bockelman now. :)
Over the past year and half with David we've seen him deal with even more medical issues, but come out healthier over all. He's now 3 years old and operating on a 10 month old level. We don't know what the future holds, but we can see it will be a joy filled journey. People have told us how lucky David is to have us. We tell them how lucky *we* are to have David!
In February of 2008 we were a few months past Hassani's adoption. Tony and I both found that we were thinking of fostering again, but we wondered if we were rushing things and if it would be right for our family. We decided to spend a week in prayer about it. Should we start fostering again or wait a while? At the end of the week we felt that fostering again was the right decision to make, so we called our social worker and let her know we were opening our home again.
Although we didn't know it, another foster family had also spent a lot of time in prayer, and at about the same time. On the same day we called our social worker, they called theirs. They had been taking care of David. They loved him very much, but their house in rural
On Wednesday, February 14, 2008 we heard about David and talked with his social worker. Because David's medical care was pretty involved, she wanted us to meet with one of his doctors at the hospital. Tony's parents were in town visiting us and were happy to stay with Zeke, Hassani, and Gladys while we went that evening. The social worker and the doctor met us up in David's room. We stayed for a while and learned about David, held him, asked questions, tried to think of more. We left that night telling the social worker we'd get back to her in the morning so we could think it through first. I think she knew before we left the hospital. We decided in the car on the way home and called her the next day. We wanted to take care of David. On Friday, with Tony's parents still in town, I moved in to the hospital with David and started learning how to take care of him.
David was 20 months old, though he was functioning on about a 6 month old level. He had a lot of medical issues as well. The hospital staff was wonderful. David's first foster family was incredible, spending a lot of time with us so that we knew everything we possibly could about David. After a few days in the hospital we were able to bring him home and settle in.
Later, we realized that David needed an adoptive family, and after much prayer we decided that we wanted him as part of our family forever and we started the adoption process. On August 26, 2009 David's adoption into our family was complete. He's a Bockelman now. :)
Over the past year and half with David we've seen him deal with even more medical issues, but come out healthier over all. He's now 3 years old and operating on a 10 month old level. We don't know what the future holds, but we can see it will be a joy filled journey. People have told us how lucky David is to have us. We tell them how lucky *we* are to have David!
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