Morgan, a vibrant 3 –year–old girl, arrived at our foster care home in June of 2003, with her little 11 month old sister. She resided with us until October of 2004 and then returned to our foster care home in February of 2005, until the present date. Morgan arrived at our home knowing a whole lot more than she ever should have known. She has learned to cope with her life changes by attending counseling sessions and with consistency in the foster care home. Lying, excessive bossiness, being in the mother role, sexual behavior, screaming fits, cussing, disappointment of being lied to, and disrespectfulness are some of the issues that this magnificent little girl has learned to overcome or learned to cope with.

Morgan has had to struggle with loyalty to her parents and loyalty to her foster care parents at the same time. Morgan now realizes that she can love us all and no one will be mad at her. In April of 2004, Morgan indicated that her parents were taking too long to do the things they needed to in order for her safe return home. She was calmly surprised that in October of 2004, she was going to go home. Morgan now 5 years old, arrived back to our home in February of 2005, with her now 2 ½ year old sister. She has had to learn some of the coping skills again to over come some of the old issues mentioned above, she has gone through the same turmoil twice because she had to go through the process of being separated from her biological parents and placed in foster care twice.

Morgan would like it to be known that she lives with her foster brothers and sisters in a home that has foster parents that take care of her. They make sure she has food to eat, is tucked in bed at night, and has a boat load of hugs and kisses all the time. They also take her to church, school, and lots of fun places. This picture is one that represents the safety that she and her sister feel with their foster parents.