Foster Son Moving In

[BarbTherese]

My foster son is now 52yrs old (53 in July).  I was married at the time and we began fostering him when he was 8yrs old.  His marriage has collapsed (seemingly completely) and he is coming to live with me.  This is probably turning my whole way of life upside down almost, although I wont know how things are going to pan out until he moves in (later this afternoon) and in the following unfoldings.  I am leaving it all in God's Hands, despite which I feel much anxiety united to The Cross.  I have lived alone for so many years, it is going to be a big adjustment (for both of us) but not an impossible one.  I am prone to anxiety, it seems to be in my DNA almost.

Because of my mental history with the trigger being anxiety for an episode, suddenly a potential episode has loomed into the back of my mind.  In reality too, as I write I realise, my problem is not my FS moving in here, nor the adjustment we need make, it is my fear of bipolar present somewhere in the anxiety.

Your prayer very much appreciated.