A new level of grief for Catie....

I knew Catie would grieve when we took her away from everyone and everything that she knew. She was in a loving home, was very well cared for and was very attached to her foster mother.

As bad as this might sound we are glad that she is grieving. This means that she will eventually let go of her loss and have a healthy attachment to us. I looked up the steps of grief and she is following them to a "T". When we first became her parents she cried a bit but then decided to be very funny and loving. We believe this was the denial part of her grieving. Then she started getting very angry with us. She hit and scratched and really didn't want much to do with us. This is step two......anger.

Today after she woke up from her afternoon nap she was crying a sad cry of desperation and almost seemed depressed. It is not an angry cry or hungry cry or uncomfortable cry it is a very sad cry. Step 3 is bargaining...I am not sure how much of that she will go through as she is so very young. But step 4 is depression and I think she has hit that step today.

One thing we know for sure is that she will eventually accept us and be very attached to us and we are looking forward to that day!! Please keep her in your prayers!!