It's no secret - we love our families! And we love when they share their stories with us.
Adopting a child brings an abundance of joy, and of course, a bit of "testing" from kids. When they're getting comfortable in their surroundings, a lot of times our youth will "test" their family to see if they're going to be there forever.
One of our families has been visiting with a teenager for the past few months. He's respectful and well-mannered, and they've been having a great time. But this hasn't come without some "testing."
It seems that this young man has hoarded a bit of food in his bedroom, something very common with youth who have grown up in foster care. But this time, he did things a little differently. After eating a few hard-boiled eggs, he left the eggshells in his pre-adoptive mom's shoes! An innovative and creative new way to test his mom's boundaries! And while we would definitely feel bad if she had put her feet into those shoes (which luckily, she didn't), we couldn't help but chuckle when we heard this story!
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