But the moment I had to make sure I wrote about is something that happened last night. Little R is so interested in the pictures we have around the house (which is a lot). He loves to look at our family year books, framed colleges, and especially the photos we have above our couch. We have a canvas of the four of us and a few pictures of the foster kids we have had. He stands on the couch and points and asks who each person is and then says wheres R (says his name)? I said yes we need to get pictures of you up here. And then he points to the canvas in between Caleb and Tony and said I want to go right there. He wants to be in our family picture!:( He wants pictures of himself around our house. He wants to looks at memories he has made. He wants to belong. We have had younger placements so this is the first one that could communicate and I feel as though he explained so very perfectly what every foster child feels but may not be able to say. He wants to belong. So incredibly sweet and sad.
I have ordered prints of him and plan on putting him around the house. He needs to know he belongs here, he is safe and loved here for however long he needs to be.
