Ryan's move

Ryan is moving to the therapeutic foster home Friday. This move  is very, very hard. Much harder than I imagined it would be, given the circumstances that caused him to be in residential treatment in the first place.  I think in my mind, it was always "He's getting therapy. He needs to be there."  Now, after almost three years, it's done and that line of thought has changed to "Ryan will have  a new family."

And I know, without any doubt whatsoever, it has to be this way. It doesn't matter. That knowledge doesn't make this Momma's heart hurt less.  Not at all.