Isabel's Heart

While we were in the process to be licensed I remember people asking us about how we thought Isabel would handle us fostering. I often shared that we felt that if God was calling Dave and I to this that He was also calling Isabel to this and would take care of her heart and give us the ability to help her through anything that came our way as a family. I also remember feeling like a bit of an idiot for thinking that it could really happen like that but we had faith and stepped out of our comfort zones and here we are nearly 3 months in to fostering our girls.
Tuesday night during dinner, just me and the girls Dave was at work, M started talking about something that Dave's mom and she talked about in the back of the van, Heaven. This quickly brought her to tears as she started missing her biological mom (died in 2010). Tears flowed and as she tried to tell me how much she wanted her mom to come down from Heaven to be with her. I explained the best I could to a 6 year old that this is not how it happens and tried to comfort her. As she was crying Little L looked at her with concern and Isabel asked what was wrong. I told Isabel that M was missing her other mommy. Isabel then said; "I want my sisters to go live with Papa." While some would rightly think this is just due to her being an only child for 3 1/2 years I can't help but remember our step of faith and belief in knowing that what God called us to He also called Isabel too. That He is preparing our little girls heart for her sisters to leave.