Change can be good. I like change really---it's exciting.
We had a meeting today with everyone involved in W's case to make a plan for the case. Everyone agrees that 18 months is too long for this case to have gone on. So, it was decided that W will go home next month.
Every time the case has gotten to this point, the mom has done something to slow things down or move them backwards. She says she wants W home, but I'm not convinced she really does. I don't feel like she has taken any steps to move forward from where she was 18 months ago. But the problem is she hasn't done enough for her rights to be terminated and this case closed. Since rights can't be terminated, they are sending W home.
That doesn't really seem logical, but I think the caseworker feels like she doesn't have a choice. I also think she feels like it will take W being home for the mom to show her true colors and prove whether she will sink or swim.
So, in about 6 weeks, we will be down to a family of 5. We haven't had just 5 of us for a while, 18 months to be exact! What will we do with ourselves?
I will keep reminding myself that change is good.
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