starting the process

well i have contacted the child services up here today and i have an appointment tomorrow to meet with someone and see about getting foster care up and going. i was kind of dragging my feet on doing it thinking that it will take too much of my time and i won't have the freedom that i am now getting used to. but it is that nagging feeling that i have had for quite awhile now and i guess that maybe it is something that the lord wants me to do. i love kids so this should be something that i'm good at and can do well. at least i hope so. i'm thinking that i will only do those who are younger than my own children. i was thinking maybe 5 and younger but we will have to see how things go. my sister in law says that this is the best way to do it then you don't have the influence of the older ones on your children, but she says that even some of the younger ones can have some really scary problems. i would just like to help make a difference in the life of a child that really needs help. i think that my own children are more excited about doing foster care than i am. they are really helpful when ever we help watch karens foster kids but maybe it is because it is something that is new to them and it will probably ware off and they won't be as helpful or excited once we do it full time. anyway just thought that i would let you all know a little more about what is going on here.