February 20, 2010

Visitation with Birth Mom

So yesterday was the supervised visitation with Thomas' BM. Thankfully it didn't go as bad as the visitation with the aunt. It still was akward and he cried. Due to some circumstances, the 2 hour visitation was only 45 minutes. It had nothing to do with Thomas or with us. We just need to pray for this BM. She was very sad and was also crying. She has expressed to the SW that she knows she can't get him back and would like for us to adopt him. She was excited to see how "heavy" he'd gotten. Granted, this is only because he's growing, not getting fat. She gave us permission to trim his hair, but asked for a lock. I understand that and we will honor her request. We have a new SW (I'm sure she's younger than both of us) and she is very sweet. We couldn't ask for a better SW. She shared with us a little more information about the process we are in. We were happy to know that the concurrent part of the adoption process has ended. At this point the chance of reunification with the BM is very very minut. The judge has moved Thomas into an possible adoption case. What does that mean? Well for us, it's very encouraging. The SW has to supervise about 4-5 more visits with BM before the May 3rd court hearing. She is documenting Thomas & BM's behavior together. She also commented (and I'm sure documented) on his reaction with us and how happy he acted in our presence. We showed her the pictures that we were going to give to BM. The pictures show Thomas playing with his ball, playing piano (at Nana's), laughing and feeding himself. She said the BM was very happy to get them, but cried as she looked at them. We need to keep her in our prayers. As a mother, I felt so sad for her.

3 comments:

Sharon said...

Dear Tricia. You are an awesome Mother. We are so proud of you. Thomas has been blessed with the best parents. You are an incredible woman and I am so very proud of you.

heidi said...

i cannot imagine how difficult it would be to say goodbye to your own baby. and yet, if the birth mom does indeed do this, she will be showing thomas the most love she ever could.

i'm so thankful that you and jim were called by God to be thomas' parents, even if just for a short time. it made me smile to see jim and thomas walk into church today, hand in hand. your family is a testament to God's faithfulness. may He continue to grant you the wisdom and patience to see the process through.

Tulip said...

As a mother, my heart bleeds for this young woman... and as a mother & step mother my heart bleeds for you & Jim. The greatest love this young mother can ever give her child, is to release Thomas to your loving care. By way of God, Thomas was lead to you & Jim and hopefully will be settled with you, in your home for the long term. Continued prayers for strength from our home to your.

With Great Love,
Cindy & Tom