For some reason holidays can be hard but here are a few methods to make them memorable

It is about that time when I was in Foster care, one day I received a letter from a local charity that asked me what I wanted for a Christmas present. I always wished for new dolls, frocks, and chocolates. Once they asked me about my one wish I said “I want to go back to my parent’s home”At that time I was missing my family my mom and my siblings.

Every Christmas, our foster father arranges a visit to a farm where we all go to cut a tree. And all the kids decorate it with lights and different tassels. And we all feel joy in this.

In our foster care, Christmas was celebrated as it should be. They arrange parties, and concerts and prepare delicious food on Christmas day. They provided us with so many things but I never got what I wanted the most, to go back to my parent’s home to my mom she left me alone very soonand I felt her absence on every Christmas holiday.

I wasn’t young enough to describe my feelings with someone at that age I wasn’t able to share my pain with someone. With every passing year, my pain decreased and I started to enjoy life again after so many years I enjoyed my Christmas holidays.

And Christmas holidays from foster days became my favorite childhood memory. I just want to thank them for accepting so many kids like us and making us part of their families.

How to make foster kids happy during holidays:

In foster care, almost every kid feels lonely during holidays. They miss their families their parents their siblings same as I did. There are 6 possible ways to make them happy in foster care.

Share moments: sit with your kids, communicate with them, listen to their ideas, and appreciate them. Play games with them and ask them about their hobbies, and their favorite food. It can help you to know them and it helps to build a healthy relationship between them.

Appreciate them: allow them to tell their achievement, their values, and what they do. Appreciate them with your kind words and celebrate their small achievements.

Ask them about their heritage: gather information about their traditions and culture from their birth family. Celebrate their tradition according to their culture prepare their traditional food and plan an activity.

Arrange visits for their birth family: don’t stress out if the meeting doesn’t go well with home parents. Their meetings can’t be smooth sometimes. Give them gifts and prepare food for them.

Plan your event according to them: ask them about their wants and tell them about the event tell them not to waste money on extra gifts, they are just here for fun enjoying food, and communicating with other guests.

Make memories: cook together, sit all together enjoy food, and capture photos. Kids love these things. And it will make them feel heard.