My previous three blogs each advanced me into a competition where the winning blog would receive a charitable donation on their behalf for an organization they feel strongly about in their support for them. The following blog helped me win that contest and a donation was made to a local organization that assists in the care of children who have been abandoned and deserted by their parents or guardians.
From the bottom of my very deep loving heart, I applaud those of you who have loved your children with all your being. From the bottom of my heart, I applaud those of you who have taken on the task of being a parent to someone who was abandoned by their own. With a very heart felt thank you, I applaud those of you who have stepped into a child's life and sacrificed your wants and needs for the wants and needs of that child. God Bless you in your journey and may peace land on you and those you love. ~ Jett
Orphan: child without parents: a child whose parents are both dead or who has been abandoned by his or her parents, especially a child not adopted by another family (Bing Dictionary)
Wouldn't it be great to eliminate every orphan from the world by being able to provide them with a family that would welcome them into their home, their family, their lives? To know that no child would fall asleep at night alone, afraid, wondering what life would have to offer them if they had someone to love them, unconditionally and forever? To know that no tears would fall on a pillow tonight because the eyes they fall from are now sparkling from the love showered upon them? To know that no child tonight will feel defeated in a life that has yet to begin. Wouldn't it be nice?!
Misfit: a person who has a family yet does not feel like they belong. a person who has left the family they have due to some sort of abuse (whether it be mental, physical, or sexually) to seek out a family where they feel accepted.
The clear cut difference between an orphan and a misfit is that an orphan has not yet found a family to call their own. As a misfit you make your own family that includes other misfits who also were just seeking the stability of a family unit when theirs failed them. As an orphan, that is if you are under the age of 18, you are placed in a group home until you can be fostered out or adopted. As an orphan you wait for someone to come along and make you part of their family. As an orphan you are left wondering how you will fit into your new family. As a misfit you picked them so you know it is a good fit for you.
There are many programs across the country that provides support for children whose parents or guardians have failed them. The Boys and Girls Homes across this country provide the support a child needs to learn life long skills that allow them to get a start when they become an adult and will be on their own. They provide Arts, Education, Leadership, Life Skills, Sports Fitness and Recreation, as well as Technology. They instill confidence in the lives of those children so they may one day become responsible citizens in the communities they live in.
The Boys and Girls Clubs across this nation provides children a safe place to go, whether they are orphans, misfits, or just kids needing to get away. Volunteers and staff are always on hand to help with the needs of the children seeking guidance and leadership. They are there to provide the support needed to cope with life. They offer family programs as well that often helps keeps families together.
Placing children into homes and families is a cumbersome task in itself and to add to the frustration of placement of these kids is the lack of homes available or families willing to take them in. It is costly to provide the services to children that will prepare them for society when they turn 18 and it leaves very little funding to keep providing these children with their needs once they reach the age limit to receive help from these organizations. It is the hope that those children fostered or adopted will still get that support once they turn of age but that is not always the case. Then there are the children who never get adopted or fostered who get pushed out of the system whether they are ready or not when they reach the age of 18.
There will never be enough money to provide each child with the needs they have up to the age of 18, even though their food and bed will be provided for them, the lack of funds in preparing them for life after they become adults often fails them. Every dollar makes a difference and anyone who can spare one is making the difference in the lives of a child. If you could take a moment to visit this site and perhaps make a small donation it would be greatly appreciated. Boys and Girls Homes of America. You are two clicks away from enriching a child's life.
My Aunt Mary recently decided to foster two brothers who were abandoned by their mother. Living on their own for three months these brothers, ages 9 and 10, became wards of the state when not a single family member would step forward to guardian them. Fostering these brothers will provide them with the love of a family while keeping them off the streets, getting them a proper education and preparing them for life when they enter adulthood. It provides them with the comfort of a home full of love, a hot meal, a warm bed, clean clothes and lots of laughter. It protects them from the streets and all it has to offer in all the wrong directions. I suspect Aunt Mary will adopt the brothers and pull them even closer to the life of a loving family.
I think about the kids that don't get fostered, or adopted. Kids that will age out too soon from a system strapped and burdened down with expenses that exceed the funds. So many kids in the system that enough is never enough. Where a dollar is stretched so thin the warmth of a good nights sleep is overcast with worry of a one more child arriving for help. What will become of child turned adult that never found love and warmth of a family to grow into. What will become of the child who never found a place they could call home. Will that child go out into the big adult world and find their misfit family where they fit in? Will that child ever feel like they are home?
Money may not seem like the answer to those of us who have never laid in bed at night wondering what it would be like to be tucked in by a parent who loves us. Or to wake up in the morning to a hot breakfast our mom made us. Or to hear our dad tell us how proud he is of us. Or to hear an I love you from someone we thought would always unconditionally love us. Money is probably not even on the mind of the child looking for a thicker blanket in a roomful of others who landed in a home for children abandoned and/or abused. The money will matter to the organizations trying to support these kids. The people responsible for caring for these kids, the people who day in and day out watch these children as they wait to be fostered or adopted. The people who wipe the tears, touch the hurting heart, mend the broken trust. Those are the people who the money will matter to the most. So that they can continue the support of these kids beyond the age of 18 as they continue to look for that one place they might actually feel where they fit in.
Orphan or Misfit: An individual that just wants to belong, be apart of someone else's heart.
From the bottom of my very deep loving heart, I applaud those of you who have loved your children with all your being. From the bottom of my heart, I applaud those of you who have taken on the task of being a parent to someone who was abandoned by their own. With a very heart felt thank you, I applaud those of you who have stepped into a child's life and sacrificed your wants and needs for the wants and needs of that child. God Bless you in your journey and may peace land on you and those you love. ~ Jett
Orphan: child without parents: a child whose parents are both dead or who has been abandoned by his or her parents, especially a child not adopted by another family (Bing Dictionary)
Wouldn't it be great to eliminate every orphan from the world by being able to provide them with a family that would welcome them into their home, their family, their lives? To know that no child would fall asleep at night alone, afraid, wondering what life would have to offer them if they had someone to love them, unconditionally and forever? To know that no tears would fall on a pillow tonight because the eyes they fall from are now sparkling from the love showered upon them? To know that no child tonight will feel defeated in a life that has yet to begin. Wouldn't it be nice?!
Misfit: a person who has a family yet does not feel like they belong. a person who has left the family they have due to some sort of abuse (whether it be mental, physical, or sexually) to seek out a family where they feel accepted.
The clear cut difference between an orphan and a misfit is that an orphan has not yet found a family to call their own. As a misfit you make your own family that includes other misfits who also were just seeking the stability of a family unit when theirs failed them. As an orphan, that is if you are under the age of 18, you are placed in a group home until you can be fostered out or adopted. As an orphan you wait for someone to come along and make you part of their family. As an orphan you are left wondering how you will fit into your new family. As a misfit you picked them so you know it is a good fit for you.
There are many programs across the country that provides support for children whose parents or guardians have failed them. The Boys and Girls Homes across this country provide the support a child needs to learn life long skills that allow them to get a start when they become an adult and will be on their own. They provide Arts, Education, Leadership, Life Skills, Sports Fitness and Recreation, as well as Technology. They instill confidence in the lives of those children so they may one day become responsible citizens in the communities they live in.
The Boys and Girls Clubs across this nation provides children a safe place to go, whether they are orphans, misfits, or just kids needing to get away. Volunteers and staff are always on hand to help with the needs of the children seeking guidance and leadership. They are there to provide the support needed to cope with life. They offer family programs as well that often helps keeps families together.
Placing children into homes and families is a cumbersome task in itself and to add to the frustration of placement of these kids is the lack of homes available or families willing to take them in. It is costly to provide the services to children that will prepare them for society when they turn 18 and it leaves very little funding to keep providing these children with their needs once they reach the age limit to receive help from these organizations. It is the hope that those children fostered or adopted will still get that support once they turn of age but that is not always the case. Then there are the children who never get adopted or fostered who get pushed out of the system whether they are ready or not when they reach the age of 18.
There will never be enough money to provide each child with the needs they have up to the age of 18, even though their food and bed will be provided for them, the lack of funds in preparing them for life after they become adults often fails them. Every dollar makes a difference and anyone who can spare one is making the difference in the lives of a child. If you could take a moment to visit this site and perhaps make a small donation it would be greatly appreciated. Boys and Girls Homes of America. You are two clicks away from enriching a child's life.
My Aunt Mary recently decided to foster two brothers who were abandoned by their mother. Living on their own for three months these brothers, ages 9 and 10, became wards of the state when not a single family member would step forward to guardian them. Fostering these brothers will provide them with the love of a family while keeping them off the streets, getting them a proper education and preparing them for life when they enter adulthood. It provides them with the comfort of a home full of love, a hot meal, a warm bed, clean clothes and lots of laughter. It protects them from the streets and all it has to offer in all the wrong directions. I suspect Aunt Mary will adopt the brothers and pull them even closer to the life of a loving family.
I think about the kids that don't get fostered, or adopted. Kids that will age out too soon from a system strapped and burdened down with expenses that exceed the funds. So many kids in the system that enough is never enough. Where a dollar is stretched so thin the warmth of a good nights sleep is overcast with worry of a one more child arriving for help. What will become of child turned adult that never found love and warmth of a family to grow into. What will become of the child who never found a place they could call home. Will that child go out into the big adult world and find their misfit family where they fit in? Will that child ever feel like they are home?
Money may not seem like the answer to those of us who have never laid in bed at night wondering what it would be like to be tucked in by a parent who loves us. Or to wake up in the morning to a hot breakfast our mom made us. Or to hear our dad tell us how proud he is of us. Or to hear an I love you from someone we thought would always unconditionally love us. Money is probably not even on the mind of the child looking for a thicker blanket in a roomful of others who landed in a home for children abandoned and/or abused. The money will matter to the organizations trying to support these kids. The people responsible for caring for these kids, the people who day in and day out watch these children as they wait to be fostered or adopted. The people who wipe the tears, touch the hurting heart, mend the broken trust. Those are the people who the money will matter to the most. So that they can continue the support of these kids beyond the age of 18 as they continue to look for that one place they might actually feel where they fit in.
Orphan or Misfit: An individual that just wants to belong, be apart of someone else's heart.
