Temporary Mom

No, my gentle readers, do not get too excited -- I am merely referring to the fact that I have just spent 8 days "playing Mom" to my 14-yr-old former student/young friend on a camping trip to the mountains. I feel perhaps more ill-equipped than ever to begin this adoption journey, especially after reading a couple of books on adoptive parenting. (Are they written for the express purpose of scaring the poo out of you?????? -- killing family pets and burning down sheds and houses?!?!?!?!?. .. . .) I appreciate all the kind comments about the kind of mother I'll be, and Lord knows, I hope you're right, but. . . .wow, it is such an undertaking! It was fun -- we had a great time, but I was ready to drop him back off at home -- what will I do when there's no where to drop them off? (Shane and I have tried and tried to figure out how we could just adopt grandkids, but we have the same problem. . .nowhere to drop them off :~) Please pray that I will develop the patience and fortitude to be the kind of mother I need to be if we are allowed to parent.