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During Christmas, the powers that be encouraged and enabled the citizens of Gaia to look after orphans in place of Santa Clause, who is still missing in action. Admittedly, there were incentives, so people weren't doing it totally out of the goodness of their hearts, but a lot of kids were helped out, so I guess that doesn't matter. I looked after quite a few kids myself and saw them safely off to the adoption agency. I hope they are doing well.
One orphan I took in was Patches, and we grew quite close. I didn't take him to the adoption agency, because we wanted to stay together, but at the end of the holiday season, he was taken from me regardless of our feelings. This has been a source of grief to me for some time now, and I wondered if I would ever see him again. It seemed so unfair that the ordinary citizens who had helped and loved these kids couldn't then be the ones to adopt them.
Just yesterday however, the powers that be just announced that adoption is opening up to all of Gaia now! I immediately went to the orphanage to find Patches. The pairing is random, which is incredibly frustrating, but I suppose they do that to make sure that everyone gets adopted regardless of looks, which play such a large part in adoptions. In any case, it was a miracle I found Patches at all, but oh, I found him and we won't ever be taken from each other ever again.
In trying to find Patches, I am now the guardian of three other kids, James, Kevin, and Echo. They are all very sweet, but I just don't have the space, finances, and time to care for them all. Patches and I have become particularly fond of little Echo and she of us, so she will stay, but James and Kevin have admitted that they felt a little out of the group. I suggested that I have a brother and a good friend who might be very happy to take them in, and they figured why not give that a try. I talked to Chex and Occula, and they agreed to visit. Thankfully, Chex and James immediately hit it off, as did Occula and Kevin, so I will be sending them along as soon as the paper work goes through. Tonight, we are all going to have a big celebratory dinner together.
With two extra people in the apartment, in addition to all of the creatures I feed, things are feeling pretty cramped. I'm loath to move, because I do so love this apartment, Ian and Rufus are wonderful landlords, and well, I still love Ian very much, but I just don't know how we fit in here. Patches says they're used to tight quarters, and that the orphanage was much worse, but I really think the they should have their own room. We'll see how we get along here for a while, but I'll be keeping my open for larger places as well. <sigh>
It frightens me a little, to find myself a parent and having to think about things like safety, schools, bedtimes, rules. I haven't lived with anyone since I left my parents, so I don't know if I know how to share my space, which is maybe one of the strongest factors in my wanting to get a larger place. I will have to reign in my freewheeling habits as well, in order to be home consistently to take care of Patches and Echo. They're so sweet though, it is more than worth it. I think I will have to home school them some before I can send them to school. The orphanage was appalling in it's neglect, which will need to be rectified. Patches can read a little, Echo not at all, and she hardly speaks except in echos of others. I don't think either of them know any math at all beyond their ten fingers, and anything involving science, history, or the arts is a mystery to them. For now, their education will resemble my own more than the social system's. We'll see how it goes from there.
Everything is touch and go right now, which is very exciting, and a little nerve racking. It's been so long since I've adventured, I hadn't noticed how settled and domestic I'd become, how used to my comforts and patterns. Patches and Echo are a wonderful breath of new air, a whole different kind of adventure than I've ever undertaken. Ha, I laugh to think what my cohorts would think of me, the wild, ruthless Litheria, now a mother of two. In any case, I am very happy with this change, my new family.
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 Litheria · Sun Mar 02, 2008 @ 10:29pm · 0 Comments |
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