It's a Girl!

We're getting our first female guest today!  Part of me is really excited, but part of me is terrified.  It's not just a girl, but a teenage girl.  I have honestly been intimidated by teenage girls since I was one, so it's a little daunting.

Charlie, however, is elated.  He's hoping that she'll like playing tag, figuring that she might not like basketball and baseball as much as a boy would (which his PE teacher will be amused to hear!).

Anyway, M should be here sometime this afternoon.  She is between foster homes due to breaking the trust of her foster mother of three years.  They had a huge falling out, M ended up in the MUSC psychiatric ward for harming herself (not seriously-- mainly for space), and now the foster mom won't answer Bair's calls.  I can't imagine what either M or the foster mom is going through.

We have no real idea how long she'll be here -- it's until they find her a permanent foster home...which could be a day or could be a couple weeks.  The uncertainty is frightening, but overshadowed by the fears of what to do if she has a cell phone, how to handle the fact she has a boyfriend, how to respond if she's as surly as I was at 17...

Jason left this one entirely up to me, and I have no doubt we were supposed to say "yes".... I just hope I feel the same way in a couple days.

Interestingly, due to my sprained ankle, I have done nine of my catch-up lesson from the Biblical Counseling Center over the past week, including Counseling Self-Injury and three sessions on Crisis Counseling. Not that I feel confident to "counsel" her, but I feel sure God used this time to prepare me to better love M.  Amazing!

Casting all your anxieties upon Him, 

because He cares for you.

I Peter 5:7