Through Their Eyes ~ 100 Word Stories~ Challenge #16

heartbreaking and an excellent read.

Brought back some painful memories. Another excellently written drabble.

It's always tough for the little ones, Ruthe. Sigh. They do learn though. You express the feelings very well; I come away with that sense of sadness. Excellent work.

sorry to hear it

Oh! This was so well done and really pulls at the heart strings Rue. Your writing really helped us see through their darling eyes

Sad. You certainly made me see through their eyes.

Well done Ruthe. Very moving.

great way to focus on a real need, ruthe!

There are so many of these kids out there - why do people keep having kids they don't want or don't want to raise? And sometimes fostering is just as painful when a parent returns and rips the foster family apart just because s/he can.

Two heart-stealing sets of eyes, in this one. In so few words, you got us to fall in love with them and feel for them. Excellent drabble, Ruthe.

This is a true heartbreaker, Ruthe. And truthfully, too many very special children fall through the cracks. Thanks for remembering them.

Thank you every one. I've been doing a series of articles on foster care this month, BellaOnline
The statistics are phenomenal! My mom was a foster parent, and did adopt one of her children. My brother was three months when she got im. Two when she adopted him. He's twenty, now. Fortunately for her, the parent's rights were terminated for abandonment. Many kids aren't adopted, because the biological parents refuse to give up their rights. It's even sadder for all the children that turn 18; because they leave the system often times with no one and nothing but the lothes on their backs.
If you have time, really check out the foster care site at the end of the drabble. It's really interesting.

Poor rejected special children. This is so sad. I hate to think that this happens and I know it does.

Poor kids. Great job of capturing that roller coaster ride the kids must be experiencing. Great job!

I simply adore this topic.Beautiful writing.

"Through Their Eyes" tugged at me for the second time this week, Ruthe. Good stuff.

Such a sad story. Well written Ruthe!

The child that always searches and wants and needs acceptance. How many of us have been through this test?...How many of us survived it intaked? A lot of phtotgraphic still memories here. Great drabble.

Gregg

Great stuff!
My brother and his wife are foster parents. He has two natural children and has also adopted two children.
One girl they adopted was in another foster home with her (natural) brother. Those foster parents adopted her brother, but didn't want her. I can't even begin to imagine the hurt that child has been through. Not to mention what she experienced before she ever got into the foster care system.
His other adopted daughter was born into the foster care system to a teenage mother who ran away when she was three, leaving her behind. My brother and his wife had this daughter from the time she was three until she was nearly six before they were allowed to adopt her. But her mother finally agreed because she knew she had drug addiction problems and that they genuinely love her daughter.

Oh my gosh Ruthe ... take it from a Grandmother who is probably going to be with my daughter and son in law when we tell the little foster child that we were in the process of adopting that we cannot adopt her ... this makes me sick to my stomach. Never, never did we think we would be in a spot like this. Poor litte 13 yr old girl ... a little RAD child; only God can work this together for good. Your little boy and girl ... they may be made up, I don't know, but they're out there. They are very, very real. Thank you.