Micah and I had the opportunity to go to Kearns to meet and visit with Sam today. While we were driving there Micah and I must of asked one another about 10 times "Are you nervous?" and to be honest; we both kept saying "No, not really! More so excited then nervous!"
Neither of us knew what to expect, and we had even stopped by the UYV office and met Sam's foster-mom Penny at the Group Home and the first thing she said was what a great kid Sam is! In fact - she also told us how excited she was that he was moving ahead in treatment, but that she was sad to see him leave. That made Micah and I even more excited!
At first glance Sam looks like most teenagers; he was wearing sports/gym shorts with a tee shirt that said Philispy Style with the Philispy Dough Boy. He is extremely tall, okay extremely tall means that he is taller than I am - he is 6'2 and something like 280 lbs. A very nice looking young man; clean cut hair cut, glasses and a friendly smile. The three of us decide to sit outside under a large pine tree to get to know one another.
We learn that he has just turned 17 and will be a Junior next year - he is hopeful that he is will far enough into the treatment process to be able to play High School football (and I am excited to be a football Mom, even though I KNOW NOTHING about football!), he would like to be able to get a part-time job and be able to afford the luxury of paying for his own cell phone bill. He likes all the same TV channels that Micah enjoys, and likes the Twilight series, he says he will eat anything, but onions and loves fresh garlic in food . . . . and like me is dislikes the frosting on cakes and cupcakes!
Our next step is to have an overnight visit, scheduled for July 14th!
Neither of us knew what to expect, and we had even stopped by the UYV office and met Sam's foster-mom Penny at the Group Home and the first thing she said was what a great kid Sam is! In fact - she also told us how excited she was that he was moving ahead in treatment, but that she was sad to see him leave. That made Micah and I even more excited!
At first glance Sam looks like most teenagers; he was wearing sports/gym shorts with a tee shirt that said Philispy Style with the Philispy Dough Boy. He is extremely tall, okay extremely tall means that he is taller than I am - he is 6'2 and something like 280 lbs. A very nice looking young man; clean cut hair cut, glasses and a friendly smile. The three of us decide to sit outside under a large pine tree to get to know one another.
We learn that he has just turned 17 and will be a Junior next year - he is hopeful that he is will far enough into the treatment process to be able to play High School football (and I am excited to be a football Mom, even though I KNOW NOTHING about football!), he would like to be able to get a part-time job and be able to afford the luxury of paying for his own cell phone bill. He likes all the same TV channels that Micah enjoys, and likes the Twilight series, he says he will eat anything, but onions and loves fresh garlic in food . . . . and like me is dislikes the frosting on cakes and cupcakes!
Our next step is to have an overnight visit, scheduled for July 14th!
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