Not expected

I am in total shock right now.  So Petunia's GAL called me to set up a visit for her.  I couldn't believe she called.  I asked her if she hadn't heard what happened.  She said, "Well I guess not. What happened?"
 I told her the the story about how she freaked me out at her last visit and that made us reopen our adoption homestudy. I told her we weren't expecting to get matched as quickly as we were. How I was waiting to meet the county worker so she could update me  on Petunia's case and let me know if we should go forward with the private adoption or not.  And how the case worker never made a visit that month.  So when Bear was born we said we needed respite and were told she had to be removed within the hour.  We begged her not to do that.  We love her and we wanted to adopt her. But she didn't listen.

The GAL was in SHOCK.  She was PISSED and she told me to hold on while I heard her tell her coworker what happened; and that we were an amazing home and she couldn't believe they did that to us or to her.

It restored my faith in the system.  The county worker broke code by doing what she did and removing her in the way that she did.  The GAL said she would call right now for immediate removal from the other foster home and place her back with us.  I told her no.  I didn't want her to be removed again if she was in an adoptive home.  I don't want to break another foster parents heart like ours was with Sweet Potato (I always wondered what I would do if I was in that situation.  Now I know.  I would do the right thing and not the selfish thing.)  It crushed me because I do want her back.  I know I would be able to take great care of both her and Bear.  They could be "twins".  We could do it and neither child would feel any less loved. I have two arms for a reason. hhahh

After everything was looked into further it was decided she would stay in the home she's in.

I am really glad this happened.  Not only did it make me appreciate having Bear that much more (I didn't even think that was possible) it made me realize for every bad case worker there is one good one.