I never thought my husband and I would get to raise a baby from day 1 but just 3 weeks ago we got a call to do just that.
The hard part of foster care is knowing that the babies came from a home that was so bad that CPS had to remove them from the home. A social worker once told me "CPS doesn't take your kid away from you because you're a bad parent they take them away because there is a huge safety concern." Once the child enters foster care and goes into our home a lot of the times the damage is already done and it's where we have to step in a provide for their needs and show them love. My hope accepting children 3 and under is that the damage will be forgotten and they will just remember us, but you just never know and each situation varies so greatly.
But when we got a call for a brand new baby girl we immediately said YES! I never even imagined leaving the hospital doors with a brand new baby, I gave up on those dreams years ago. Picking her up from the hospital nursery at just 3 days old and weighing on 5.4 ounces was so surreal. We were both smiling from ear to ear. Our hearts were the fullest they've ever been.