Mexico

Dropping the kids off like normal at daycare.  A boy came in and Miss Cindy started asking him about his trip to Mexico.  This boy looked happy and healthy.  I didn't think too much of it at first.  Noticed that he was dropped off by his grandpa.  Got my kids settled and started back out and it struck me.  I knew that grandpa from some place.  Ah.  I would not recognize the boy as he has changed a lot since I was going to CPS for supervised visits with Connor.  Got to be a year and a half ago and they were planning a trip to Mexico.  I'm not sure if this was the trip or if this was another trip, but I watched that man and that boy and that boy's mom for over an hour one day in the lobby.  For whatever reason their time slot had gotten filled and they just had a visit in the lobby.
Here we are all this time later and both of these boys are still living in grandfamilies.  Made me smile to see him doing so well and grandpa looked relaxed also.  Can't say he was so relaxed in 2012, but maybe his situation is similar to mine and he now just has a boy to raise. And maybe it was a vacation in Mexico.