Since 6 weeks my #gezin extended. Not quite official yet but semi-official but the expectation of the authorities involved is that the judge will give his/her agreement and I expect that I know what I stand for before Christmas.

How it came out like this

Six weeks ago I suddenly got a call from someone from the municipality who informed me if I knew X and if I was aware of the situation at home. Since X has been coming to our home for 6 years and since I was the one who ever called Safe Home I was able to answer that in the affirmative. She told me that X had run away again and now was home but that there was danger of escalation and that X had indicated in a conversation with her that he would like to live with me. Or that could be her question. Network reception was always preferable so hence her phone call. Well, then on Friday morning you're on the phone with an unknown person with a question you can't walk over lightly. My first reaction was “let it come” but I realized I shouldn't make this decision on my own. I thought I should at least discuss it with the kids first. Oldest daughter was home at the time of the call and heard the call and immediately indicated that X could have her room since she was not home during the week anyway. The youngest two would be fine with it, but the one who, in my opinion, really had to agree with it was my eldest son. X is his friend and he goes through the fire for him but sometimes he can also stick him behind the wallpaper so it seemed important to me that he would also stand behind it. He immediately agreed but noted that X would have to adhere to our rules. When I discussed it later with youngest son, this was also the addition he made. I called the lady of the church back told her that we could and wanted to catch him but that he would really have to comply with the house rules and she said she would go see if she could arrange it with the parents since they had to give permission and we both knew that wouldn't be happy with me as a network shelter. She would call back but before I got back in touch with her, the bell rang and X was already on the doorstep with 2 small sports bags with clothes and 2 backpacks. Apparently, the parents agreed. Later, I heard rumbling, but they signed it.

How did it go?