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THE MUSZYNSKI FAMILY
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“We started fostering on January 29, 2023.
We took in two siblings, a little girl who
was 1 1/2 years old and her younger
brother who was 8 months old. My
husband and I don’t have kids of our own,
so this was a crazy change to go from no
kids to two babies all at once! We felt like
God was leading us in the direction of
taking these kiddos in, even though my
husband and I both swore we wouldn’t
take more than one child at a time. It was
an insane learning curve, but we
eventually found our groove.

A few months after we took them in, the
kids started to have meetings with their
bio mom. She was young and needed
some help, but she loved her babies so
much! My family did everything we could
to support mom along the way and we
wanted so badly for her to succeed and
for the children to be reunited with her
permanently. It was a long process, but
after a year and a half of the kids being
with us, the judge decided they could ‘go
home’ with their mom. My family was
devastated but we knew that everyone
was ready to return home. We knew that it
was part of God’s plan for the kids to be
with us for that amount of time and that he
would continue to protect them
throughout their lives.

After some changes in plans, we were
given the option to adopt the kids, who are
now almost 3 and 4 years old. Our
adoption became final on April 16, and
even though this has been the toughest 2
1/2 years of our lives, we wouldn’t trade it
for anything. Foster care was so rewarding
because we were able to help children in
need. We also were able to help bio mom
and encourage her along her journey. We
are forever grateful for this opportunity!”

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