Hi Stewardog. I know what you're saying. My husband is a retired NY Police Officer and he has a hard time with all that he saw. It's a tough job and it's hard to stay soft in a job like that. You almost have to develop a cold heart to survive it. When I was younger I wanted to get involved with social work but I knew it wasn't something I could do. We have two boys adopted from overseas. Tried to go the adoption route here in the US but the laws are so in favor of rehabilitating the mother that we chose to go out of country. I couldn't imagine having a child come to me, my taking care of him/her and getting them through what they went through, only to have to hand them back so that mother could do it all over again to them. We live in Jersey and was told the mom had up to two years to get clean. That means we could have this baby with us for that long and then have to hand him/her back. I kept thinking "What about the child? To hell with the mother. She lost her rights when she chose to do what she did." Anyway, my hat is off to you. It's a tough job. Elaine |