It is ultimately a good thing. She is moving to a home where she will be able to be with her 4 other siblings. The place she is going is called Kids in Crisis Foster Neighborhood. This establishment takes in kids like Ariel, who are separated from family, or kids who are in emergency shelters (like her older siblings) and gives them a home when there are no traditional foster families available. There are several foster homes on a campus. There is a play ground, a community center, and it is a Christian organization. This is going to be a safe, nurturing place for her to be. She needs her siblings. My gut feeling is that she will eventually be reunified with her Mom and she needs to keep a close bond with her sisters and brother. This is her best placement option.
That was the logic. Here is my emotional side.
I am going to miss that little munchkin. She has turned my life upside down and has cost me hours of stress, but she has also made my life better.
Telling her is going to be hard. Her biggest fear has been that someone will come and take her away from us, and now I have to tell her that she IS going to be leaving.
Snow White is going to be devastated. Though honestly, I think she will recover and go back to enjoying being our "only".
I cried last night. I will cry again when we pack her Ariel stocking to go with her, I will be a little sad Christmas morning when she won't be there like I imagined.
This first time I watched The Little Mermaid with Ariel this part made me tear up (King Triton's lines specifically) and now I am playing it over and over in my head. I shouldn't be the only one to cry. So watch and see a new layer to this Disney Classic.
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