blue ribbon gala

the sallie house is a place so very close to my heat...maybe a little too close. last night was the "blue ribbon gala" charity event to raise money for the sallie's angels organization. the keynote speaker was a former foster child now in her early 20's and is now a mother herself. she spoke of her journey through 28 foster homes, separation from her two older siblings, and abuse and misdirection. she made a choice at 16 that she was going to overcome and she did. her story is not in the majority. it hurts me most to know that their is no one is this world that loves my three children as much as i do. thoughts of them consume me. they are always and will forever be the first thing on my mind. these foster children do not have that...someone that loves them above all. the speaker last night spoke that she once went to a house and saw that the family's children had put their handprints in the cement driveway. she ached that she did not ever have a home to put her handprints...a place and family to call home. i came home and kissed my kids, hoping one day all the children of the world will have mommys that kiss them the same way.