I've been busy, but I thought I'd share some thoughts today. Friday was an interesting day. I had an adoption at 8:30 Friday morning. It was a cool adoption. This child makes the 8th child (4 biological and 4 adopted) at 8/08/08 at 8:30 AM. That was cool. Everyone was so happy. I love this part of my job. The part that isn't so cool is that after the adoption I met with two investigators that had asked me to go to a funeral with them. The funeral was for an infant that was found dead by police in the family's backyard after the mother went to the ER and said that she had a baby that was dead. This has been a big news story here. The autopsy revealed that the baby had been born alive. When we got to the graveside services, the only people present were us, four police officers and the funeral home director. About 10 minutes after the funeral was supposed to start, the grandmother arrived with her sister, a daughter and three children. She said the mother of the baby was on her way. She showed up about 15 minutes later with several other people. The service was held and then a few more family members showed up. By the time they left, there were 22 family members present, of which at least 6 were children. This is a difficult part of my job.
Friday afternoon, one of the workers told me he heard I had not applied for the supervisor position that is open for his unit. He had wanted me to apply. I explained to him the reasons why I decided not to apply, and while he understands that this is not position for me, he was upset that I hadn't applied. I have to look at what's best for me and this position is not best for me. There are more coming up in the next few months that I will apply for.
Saturday, I attended a wedding and got to spend the afternoon with my granddaughter as both mom and dad were in the wedding. We had so much fun and the photographer fell in love with Dharma. I'm looking forward to seeing all the photos he took of her. The bride asked me to make chicken enchiladas for the meal. I have never cooked for a large crowd before, but the enchiladas were a hit. There were no leftovers. So, no matter what anyone tells you to the contrary, I can cook...I just don't do it very often.
So, I've had a busy couple of days and they're not over yet. I will go to a friend's house later this afternoon for a birthday party/bbq. Those are always fun. Next week, I go to Florida with two girls for a pre-placement visit with the family that will adopt them. That means I get three days on the beach while the family gets to know the girls. That's a pretty cool part of my job! I'll let ya'll know how that goes later. ☺
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Sista, what could be better than being a part of an adoption? I do admire you for the work you do. That is so sad about the baby and the lack of concern on the mothers part.I am hoping you get to see more of the good than bad when it comes to your work. 3 days in Florida I hope will give you some down time to regroup.
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