I look at the children that currently reside in my home and I wonder... What will happen in their life going forward? Will they be forever scared by what has happened in their past? Or will they find a way to put the past behind them and have a future full of love, hope, magic, and beauty? A few are younger children. Do they grasp what has really happened, and does it terrify them in the night while they sleep? Will what you do for them now, make a difference in their life in 10, 20 or 30 years, when it's time for them to make an impact on their own children? Or will it only be a chance meeting as if we were the gas station attendant or the clerk at the store? When the average stay for children in "the system" is at 19 months, is that really enough time to make that impression? Or is the long lasting effects really moot, and it's all about NOW and what we can do for them, which, while being oh so important, is so fleeting.
