We had a 15 year old foster child, female, who we suspected might be pregnant based on seeing a planned parenthood phone number scrawled on her notepad. We confronted her and she sincerely denied it and said it was for a friend getting birth control. Still, I knew the boy and I spoke with his father and told him to speak with his son. Sure enough, she was pregnant. She was scheduled for an abortion in only two days (California doesn’t require parental notification) and she had denied it as she didn’t want us to find out.
I asked her, now that we knew, what she really wanted to do about the pregnancy, hoping that she would give the right answer and she did. She said that she really wanted to keep it. We told her that we would make that work.
That was fifteen years ago. We later adopted the foster girl and that child is now my oldest grandson. Because he spent seven of his first ten years living under my roof, he is like the son I didn’t have. He gets his driving permit this year. I am so proud of both him and his mother.
that is a wonderful, wonderful story....I love happy endings.
Eyes getting teary. God Bless you.
Thanks for the GREAT post!
(tears in eyes)
Very good work and congratulations on your family.
What a great story! God bless you!