Tonight, DH and I get to play grown-up. We are going to an annual dinner hosted by our county for Foster parents. After 5 years, this is the first time we have been able to attend, so we are looking forward to it.
We are especially excited about the speaker, Jodee Kulp, an FASD speaker about whom we have heard great things. I think it's particularly important that the foster parents at this event will have the chance to learn more about FASD, since it affects so many of the kids who come into care.
After the dinner, I will have to pack madly for a week-long trip for business in San Diego. I find I have mixed feelings - I am looking forward to a few grown-up, homework-free days in a beautiful hotel, but I am wary of leaving my family for such a long time. I'm sure everything will be fine, but I still worry.
The day after I get back, we head to the FASD retreat, where I will get to enjoy some relaxation with great folks who are walking down similar paths. There are a few blog friends who will be there, too ;-) This should be fun!
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How I envy you having contact with people who know and think about FASD. Here in Australia I am constantly having to educate other carers and workers about the effects of fetal alcohol. They often know nothing, wouldn't know how to recognise it in their own foster children, and so do not understand the children's behaviour or difficulties with school. I am not in real physical contact with a single other person with a child with a diagnosed FASD - the idea of a retreat with all that networking and exchanging strategies and reassurances sounds like heaven! Enjoy yourselves.
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