Rosie & Gabby

Rosie and Gabby are the 2 little sister I always wanted. They are constantly there to help me and I can see in their actions that they look up to me. It is hard for me to think back to the times that we experienced with them in the beginning. They first came to live with us when Gabby was 3 months and Rosie was 2 years old. Though they were just babies they had been through more than most will ever encounter in a lifetime. Rosie already was struggling with reactive attachment dissorder and her heart was hard as a stone. She was full of anger and seemed to hate the world. While she was struggling with anger Gabby was too young to understand what was going on around her. She was a crying baby wanting food and love from anyone who was willing to give it to her.
When the girls went into the foster system they were almost starved to death. Rosie already was learning to take care of herself and not trust the people around her. She would steal food believing that her dinner would be the last meal she would see. We had the girls for a couple months and during this time the judge ordered the girls to go on visitations with their mom. We knew that the mom was still doing drugs but though we knew this the judge did not and ordered them back to the mom. They went to live with her and after another investigation Gabby and Rosie went back in the foster system, again starved and with cigaret burns on their bodies.
Today Rosie and Gabby are living with us and officially named Hasemeyer. They love life and both have very different personalities. Rosie can be found outside with Jonah her "buddy" searching for little trinkets. She loves collecting tinges and for years she wanted a medal detector for Christmas. Gabby can be found with Joel singing and enjoying life. She is a happy little girl and possibly the cutest one in the in her elementary school. Both girls are so photogenic and love the camera, I wouldn't be surprised if one day they ended up on the over of Sixteen Magazine.
Both of these girls are amazing sisters. I love having girls nights and busting out the nail polish and Pride and Prejudice. They are a amazing sisters and I am so blessed that they are apart of my life. I am excited to see what the Lord has planned for them in the future and how many lives they change because of the change we have created in their life. Gabby and Rosie are the sisters my parents couldn't conceive but the ones the Lord brought me.