I Believe in You or How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?
I went to my chiropractor yesterday. If you’ve even developed a healthy relationship with your doctor or chiropractor, you know a good one is worth his/her weight in gold.
My chiropractor is more than that. He’s become a friend as well. I met him one day when he was paying a professional home visit to some other friends of mine. Good thing about him is that he will do a home visit if you need him to.
Remember doctors who use to make house calls? They are so rare these days.
My chiropractor and his wife are two remarkable people. I’ve never met her, but I know they both dropped down from heaven to be among us for awhile.
Why?
They’ve had a part in raising four children who are all in their 20s now. That, in itself, is an amazing accomplishment.
In addition to that, they have just become foster parents for two teenage boys. These boys, being normal teenagers, also have been in need of someone who can help them learn to make better decisions while experiencing a stable home environment. Not that they have to be perfect, mind you, but just be better at making responsible decisions for themselves.
Would you take two teenage boys into your home?
As I listen to my foster parent friend I realize you have to have a special place in your heart and soul to invite unknown teens to live with you in your home for a long period of time. I do know that he and his wife have a commitment to making this work for the boys and for themselves.
As I learned about the opportunities and joys the boys have brought into the friends household, I also suspect there are some adjustments and challenges for them. After all, those teen years can provide lots of ups and downs. You know what I mean if you’ve survived raising a teen. If you’re a teen right now and reading this, you also know what I’m talking about. It can be a pretty stressful time in life.
I am reminded of two songs that made me think of these folks early this morning.
I Believe in You was performed by Boy Dylan back in 1979. He talks about the faith he has in someone he cares about and that they can make it through because “I believe in you.”
Then there is the song “How do you Mend a Broken Heart?” that the Bee Gees sang some years ago.
Though the boys probably don’t see it this way right now, I suspect that they are in great need of someone who can help them mend their broken hearts and someone who will believe in them through their teen years.
I hear that they are surrounded by people who care and believe in them…and who are determined to help them succeed. If they take advantage of the situation and work diligently to make good choices, I suspect they will succeed in life and have a greater appreciate than many for having survived the challenges.
Time will tell.
Many of us have that kind of love and support and rarely think of doing without it.
These boys deserve the same thing and their foster parents are working diligently to help them have that as a normal part of their lives.
My wish for you today is that you have a chance to know and support a foster parent. My life is richer for knowing my chiropractor friend and I look forward to meeting the boys and his wife soon. My wish for you today – if you are a teenager in a foster home setting – or really any home – is that you have a healthy and loving relationship with those people, remembering that there are always good folks along your path that will provide you with a strong and loving connection to life if you let them. I believe in you and so do many others who will meet you and find you a wonderful person to be around.
~Joellen