We met the foster carers. Perfectly pleasant people but it was a bizarre experience. Meeting the current carers of your children is slightly surreal.
We needed to know that the boys are right for us. And that includes, for us, knowing that they don't appear to have massive behavioural or learning issues. Of course, nothing is certain and there are no guarantees, but we needed to know that we're not walking naively into a situation we wouldn't be able to handle. Though on reflection that sounds like a pretty good description of becoming a parent!!
I found the meeting really difficult. Not for any particular reason. It just felt odd. And I'd spent several weeks feeling all maternal and broody in a nice kind of way. Meeting the foster carers and being told about some of the problems they've needed to deal with brought me down to earth with a bit of a bump. I found it very hard and wanted 5 minutes out but couldn't quite work out how to ask for it. Andy was fine with the whole thing.
The boys sound great. And we are going ahead.
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