My Ebenezer

Well, forgive me for being so vague in this post but you know by now that I have to be. If you remember, the last time I shared about Stella she had run away from her foster home but was in a safe place with family. She returned to a local shelter for teens where a lot of CPS kids go when they can’t find foster homes. It’s where she wanted to go and it’s a great facility but it’s almost too good. For kids like Stella, anyway. They do a lot with them and they go on outings and stuff. Most shelters aren’t that way - in fact, they are far from it. Stella likes it there. The shelter won’t let anyone stay longer than 90 days, it is a short term facility so it isn’t a long term option for anyone. Unless they keep running away from foster homes and going back there. ha ha That would eventually stop working.

Anyway, Stella needs your prayers now more than ever. Her current residence is another “should be” short term facility that probably isn’t a lot of fun but is VERY necessary for her. In fact, because she is there she will now receive two of the services we have been advocating for from the beginning. So all in all, it’s not a bad thing. It just continues to frustrate me how these kids come into “the system” and don’t get the help they need.

It’s no one’s fault in particular. I don’t blame the case worker or any of the workers - they do the best they can with what they have. But someone down the line is determining how much money is alloted to help these kids and it just isn’t enough. IT’S NOT ENOUGH. See, this is when I start to get really irritated with all the tree huggers. Now, forgive me if that particular term is offensive to you. If it is offensive, then my guess is you probably have a little tree bark embedded in your arms. ha ha ha Come on, you know that was funny. I’m all for saving the environment and stuff like that but some people really go to severe extremes with plants and animals. Hey, I’d like to see dogs treated better by owners also but I’m not giving you a dime towards that cause. Not when there are children out there who don’t have the funds to get the help they need to overcome obstacles they don’t deserve.

Sometimes it just feels like there are more people out there willing to DO SOMETHING about Rover being starved and beaten by his owner than they are about Sally being abused and neglected by her parents. I love dogs. I love humans more. I know there are those out there who put dogs on the same level with humans. And I think that is just NUTS.

Anyway, back to Stella. Two things are currently happening that we’ve been fighting for from the beginning so that is a good thing. The sad thing is that both of these are things that were recommended for her by a doctor who evaluated her upon entering care several months ago. But it was decided by non-medical workers that these things were not necessary.

We can do better than that, can’t we?

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