When Precious Boy (PB) first came home to live, he was sad at times. I figured he was missing his foster family.  Whenever I asked if he wanted to talk to them, he refused.  Three weeks later, I finally called the foster family.  PB was so happy to talk with them.  That made me wonder about contacting the first parents.  I did not know where they were.  Would that even have been the right thing to do? 

I wasn’t sure how to help PB feel connected to his three families: Mommy and Daddy, his foster family and our family.  He liked knowing that he and his Mommy and Daddy each saw the same moon at night.  In one late night frantic online search session, I came across the idea of making a life book. Ooh yeah, arts and crafts time!

I hoped the life story book would help my Precious Boy

-honor and celebrate his story from birth to now.

-take pride in himself and his families and his community

-Feel loved and treasured.

Most of all I wanted the life book to be a love story.  I wanted PB to know his story and that he was loved by his families and people in his life.  

Bea Hopewell

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