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Blue Eyed Baby

7/9/2015

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Welcome back to Taylor Talks!

I thought that I would share another story about a specific placement that we've had in our home. My foster sister was just a few days old when she came to us; I was about six or seven.
Whenever a baby is born in a hospital, doctors immediately test the newborn for drugs in their system. With my foster sister, drugs were found in her system, so she was removed from her parents' care and placed under C.P.S. care right after birth. When she was released from the hospital, she was placed directly in our home.

Having a drug baby in the house makes you realize just how horrible drugs are. This poor baby went through drug withdrawal, cried all the time, had stiff joints, and it was so sad to watch her go through all of that pain. She was the sweetest baby, with these big blue eyes, and she was so tiny. We loved having her here, but we definitely wished that there was something we could do to help her stop crying!

We got to know the biological family over the course of this placement because my parents set up other visits outside of the court mandated ones. The dad worked in the city and wasn't home for visits during the day, and my parents felt bad that he couldn't see his daughter just because his wife had been doing drugs while pregnant. We saw the whole family every once in a while, including an older brother who was a little older than I was. It was kind of a weird situation, because we loved this little baby so much and I know that I didn't really want to even know the family. But in the end, of course, our opinions didn't matter anyway. She ended up being returned to her biological family in the end, even though we thought that they hadn't proved themselves to be ready for the responsibility of raising her. In fact, this was the only placement that my dad still gets upset over. He still disagrees with the decision, but that's what happens in foster care sometimes. You have to be prepared for anything.

My goal is to reach 150 likes on my Facebook author page by the time I'm celebrating a year of blogging on July 29th, and it would mean so much to me if everyone could like and share my page. It's as simple as clicking the two buttons at the top right of any blog page, so it only takes a few seconds of your time! As I've mentioned before, when I reach 150 likes, I will share information about the novel that I've been working on, so I'm really excited to hit that milestone!

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Taylor
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    My family started doing foster care when I was three years old. We took in nineteen children over the course of eighteen years, with our last placement leaving in December 2014. I'm the only biological child in my family, though my parents adopted five of my siblings.

    I love to share my perspective on the foster care system and share how my unique upbringing shaped my life.

    I'm also a Cast Member at Walt Disney World and lover of all things Disney! My career allows me the opportunity to find a little bit of Magic in life every day.


    I enjoy sharing my journey as a writer as well. Find my children's books on Amazon and keep following my blog for updates on future books that I'll be releasing!

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