Welcome Home Flip, Welcome Home

One can say that if a child is destined to be part of your family then it will happen and Flip definitely was to be part of our family from the very beginning. Deep down each of us in our family was sure that he was to be in our home, however, because of our current designation as “Shelter Care” within the Foster System we were not eligible to adopt children. So we just relinquished ourselves that we would not be adopting Flip anytime soon.

Flip’s journey back into our home was not a direct line back. In fact he took the long path back to our home. Once he left our home to live with his new family I had a feeling that it was only a temporary solution. You see, Flip has had so many changes in his short life that he suffered from separation anxieties. And with his new parents both working Flip would have to go to day care for the day. I shared my concern with my wife about the affects this would have on Flip and we both agreed that this would not be the best interest for our little guy.

As it turned out it was not in the best interest of Flip to send him to a day care center because of his anxieties. Is new family decided that it would be better for Flip live and be adopted by another family. But Flip had a different idea, I guess that there was a personality conflict with his second family and that is when it was decided that they could not keep him either.

So, as I sat in my office at work I received a phone call from my wife, and the conversation went something like this:

My wife: “How would you like to have Flip back”
Me: “What?”
My wife: “How would you like to have Flip back into our home?”
Me: “Why?”
My wife: “Because he needs a home and his case worker called and wants to know if wee would like to have him back”
Me: “To adopt?”
My wife: “Yes”
Me: “What did you tell the case worker?”
My wife: “I told her yes, and then she ask if I want to call you to see what you would say”
Me: “And what did you say?”
My wife: “I told her I know what he will say, he will say ‘YES’”

And indeed I did say “Yes”, so that afternoon my wife went to pick up Flip for his final ride to his permanent family. And from that point our lives changed for the better and our status was changed from “Shelter Care” to “Foster Adopt”. And this began the process of adopting children into our home
As my wife picked up Flip he remembered her and the other children, he jump right into the van waved goodbye and was off to a family that would love him and care for his needs. Once he got home he knew that he was home. He went to the bedroom where he stayed, he hugged the dog and proceeded continue where he left off, becoming a part of our family. All I can say is about this experience is “Welcome Home Flip, Welcome home”