Kids Camp

This weekend was 'Kids Camp' children age 9-12 came from care homes all over the country.

Care homes in England work like this according to my understanding..... If for some reason a child has no parent or guardian or has to be removed from a potentially 'harmful' one then they usually go into Foster care. It is only after a succession of foster homes and when it is almost certain the child will never be reunited with the original parent and it is highly unlikely thay will be taken by another faster parent that the child enters the care home. The homes (or 'units' as the kids often seemed to call them) mostly have between 6 and nine kids in them of a similar age. Once a child is in a care home it is highly unlikely they will leave before 'adulthood.' Social workers take shifts looking after them. It was children from such homes that came for the weekend.

It was what you would expect such a weekend to be, lots of games, crafts, excitement etc. The kids had a lot of fun! There were many times this weekend, when the kids weren't around that I cried. Their need to be loved is piercing. I keep trying to figure out a way i can be a Mum to all the kids in the world who don't have a parent....I'm still working on this, the solution seems quite elusive to my small mind but a part of me feels it must be possible. It makes me very thankful for my parents and family and God.