It's confusing and very discouraging. You pour love and attention into someone, and they respond by avoiding you and refusing to talk to you for 80% of the time that you are staying with them. I would go through possible explanations in my mind: "He's upset with me for something I said or did. He's just being a moody teenager. He's testing me to see how far he can push me away and still have me love him. He's finally realized that I'm not nearly as cool as he always thought I was." Or the kicker: "He's an abandoned child who has been hurt his whole life. Maybe he cannot love consistently."
Yesterday, Bernadin was being Bernadin, so I sat him down and asked him. He shook his head seriously and said, "You know why." I offered a few of my explanations but he waved them away. Finally, he said very quietly, "My adoption is going to be finished and I'm going to leave. I don't want to keep loving you because I don't think I can handle being that sad when I leave you."
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Oh my goodness. How hard this all is. Bless his heart.
By the way, I'm Amanda, adopting Joshua from NLL. For some reason I came up as my mom the other day when I commented :~) She must have been logged in. Thank you so much for taking pictures of the kids from time to time.
Bernadin is an AMAZING boy...I hope you set him straight and let him know he can love you even though he is in the US...he can still see you!
Love always,
LeAnne
Well that made my heart sink down to my gut & makes me feel a big ole CHUMP. Tell him not to worry, his adoption isn't going to be finished near as soon as he thinks it will. Poor dear. My heart hurts for him.......
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