First, HUGE hugs to you, Denise. I can't begin to imagine what a roller-coaster ride this has been.
My mom always says that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes, I hate to hear her say it because I know it's right. Perhaps the reason that Maddie was returned to you was so she could help your neighbors. It's the "debt" for having had her returned to you at all.
Seems like an awfully high cost to exact from anyone, but at least you know that she's alive, that she wasn't tossed into a trash can, and that she is just next door, doing immeasurable good.
Easy for me to say, I know. But I have to think that if the same options were exercised in my life, I'd be grateful. And oh, how nearly impossible it would be to hand my boy over after having been deprived of him once already. I really don't know how you find the strength.
I hope that Maddie's tour of duty is only temporary and that she can at some future time return to you. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family. |