This post originally appeared on Annery at Home in March 2011
The big news in our family this week is that our foster license is complete. We have to turn in L's shot record and a few signed papers and then we'll be waiting for a phone call.
The process seemed very, very long while we were going through it, so I was surprised by the feeling I had when the licensing rep told us we were set, "That's it? You're just going to start calling us to care for strangers?" The full reality and weight of the responsibility were placed upon us all in that moment.
It became less abstract and more real when I realized that after our trip to CO next week to care for my nephew, we could be getting a phone call. There might be another person at our Easter Egg hunt this year. It really is like the feelings surrounding having our first child. I knew what babies were like, I had plenty of time to prepare in my pregnancy, but nothing quite prepares you for the responsibility, joys and fears of parenting. This is another voyage into the unknown. We've read the books, gone to the classes, but it will be a learning and growing process as we go.
God has led us here, and He will lead us through this phase of our lives. It will be quite the journey, no doubt!