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When foster parents struggle with attachment before reunification

Our foster daughter has been with us for eighteen months and her bio mom just completed her program and wants her back but I cannot imagine letting go of this child who calls me mama

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The foster care system asks us to love fully while holding lightly, creating inevitable heartbreak when love succeeds.

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