Belfast People - Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Giving a Childa family for life“We had been approved for a year and a half andgetting more anxious with every day when we gotthe call. I was at work the day our social workerphoned to tell us we had been matched with a child.I couldn't believe it at first, after waiting for whatseemed like such a long time.”Patrick took the rest of the day off and went hometo tell his wife the news. “We were so excited -talking about everything from room decoration toplanning an adventure centre for our garden. Wefound it hard to take in that we would soon have anew addition to our family.”Michelle continues the story, “The first few weekswere an amazing time for us, bonding with Lucy,finding out all her likes and dislikes, playing, singingand telling nursery rhymes. We went on park visits,beach visits and had many trips to adventure landsall over the country, as well as introducing her to ourfamily and friends. Lucy seemed to settleimmediately and was part of the family andextended family within days.”12