Just love

This post showed up on my Facebook memories today from three years ago.  I think after almost two years of representing CPS and dealing all day every day with the things that I do, I understand and believe this even more now than I did then. 

“This really spoke to me today.  For many of us who work with children and families in crisis, the temptation is often there to think that we have the calling and the ability to help them, change them, save them, and when we fail to do that we think that we have failed.  The truth is, we can help them sometimes, and we can help them to change and to even save themselves, but sometimes it's enough just to love them and support them and pray for them without taking ownership of the end result of what happens to them.  A good reminder.”