NEEDED BY 09/30
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$204
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NEEDED BY 09/30
Three piece luggage set for Lily who was approved to move out of state
Posted Sep 9, 2024
Lily is a remarkable young girl with a vibrant personality. She has been living in a foster home while waiting to see if her aunt could be approved to take care of her. Recently she received the news and is excited about the idea of moving to a new place, but she's also sad to leave the people she has come to call family. While she would love to be adopted by her current foster family, she understands that her out-of-state aunt has been working hard to ensure she gets to stay with her blood relatives and grow up with her cousins. Lily looks forward to showing her aunt her musical skills and maybe one day teaching her cousins how to play the guitar. She needs a luggage set that can hold all her belongings as she travels to be reunited with her relatives. Her tentative move day is over the fall break in October, and her foster parents will be making the long 1400-mile drive to reintroduce Lily to her relatives and say their goodbyes.
Lily is 8 years old and lives in WI
Lily is a delightful and curious child. She was previously placed with a licensed foster home in Arizona after spending time in kinship care. During her time there, she made significant progress in expressing her emotions and learning to cope with the trauma she had experienced. Lily has now relocated to Wisconsin to live with her aunt, who plans to adopt her. She is adjusting well to her new life in Wisconsin, although she still misses her "Arizona family." At her new school, Lily is making friends and has started individual therapy to help manage her behaviors. She looks forward to her weekly phone calls with her "Arizona family," during which she shares all the exciting updates from her life. Even on her cloudy days, Lily is a ray of sunshine.
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Grace Retreat Foster Care and Adoption Services requests this wish for Lily.
One Simple Wish posts the wish to the website.
Awesome Human grants the wish for Lily! Thanks Awesome Human.
"Hi Lily. How’s the guitar playing & songwriting going? We saw your new wish & want to help you on the move to be with your aunt & cousins. As a future rockstar, you now get to play for them. It says a lot about you as a person & budding musician that one day you may be teaching your cousins to play guitar too. It shows how special you are. As you travel with your foster family, watch the scenery on the road. It might inspire a new song in your heart!! Remember to write it down. Rock on! “V” & “T"
One Simple Wish sends the gift to the Grace Retreat Foster Care and Adoption Services for Lily.
Grace Retreat Foster Care and Adoption Services receives the wish!
"Thank you so much for granting Lily's luggage request! She is sad to leave her foster family but excited to start her forever journey with her Aunt in WI."
Lily receives the wish from Grace Retreat Foster Care and Adoption Services