You might be a foster mom if...
You might be a foster mom if you have to call and get
permission to get your kid's hair cut.
You might be a foster mom if you have more baby's mamas
than anyone you have ever ran across.
You might be a foster mom if you asked your hubby right
before Christmas "Can I have two little girls for
Christmas?"
You might be a foster mom if a week off means no visits.
You might be a foster mom if you have "gut feelings" about
other people's kids.
You might be a foster mom if you see kids of all different
colors and you think "wow, what a beautiful family."
You might be a foster mom if you are constantly worried if
all the medicines and cleaners in your house are lock
away properly.
You might be a foster mom if you regularly have to deal with
people who make no sense.
You might be a foster mom if you let people walk all over
you because you love their kids.
You might be a foster mom if you dream of being in a court
room signing adoption papers instead of in a delivery
room giving birth.
You might be a foster mom if you thought you would only
take certain kinds of "situations" and now you say yes to
just about any phone call you get.
You might be a foster mom if you are able to love kids like
they are your own within one minute of learning they
even exist.
You might be a foster mom if you know all the correct terms
like "ICP" "DHS" and "GAL"
You might be a foster mom if in your basement you have
clothes that would fit any size child, boy or girl.
You might be a foster mom if you own more car seats than
will fit in your car.
You might be a foster mom if you are used to stupid people
making stupid decisions all the time and you
manage to plan ahead for them.
You might be a foster mom if you look at every day as if it
might be your last.
You might be a foster mom if you are willing to take on the
pain of others so it will hurt these kids just a little less.
You might be a foster mom if the kids that were with you
last Christmas weren't with you this Christmas.
You might be a foster mom if you have to refer to the
bedrooms in your house by the color on their walls instead
of by who does/did sleep in them.
You might be a foster mom if kids that you barely know call
you mom....and you love it.
You might be a foster mom if your heart has been broken
too many times, and you still say yes to the next call.
You might be a foster mom if you decide to take on a
system that is more broken than anything you have ever
seen in your life.
You might be a foster mom if you read all this, understand
it, and still decide to do it.
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