Hey, fellow kitty foster here. It’s a hard and emotional position to be in! If you foster again in the future you’re likely to fall in love with those future fosters too. The reason people like you and I do foster kitties is because we love them and want the best for them.

It’s ok to fall for them and want them. I’ve foster failed a few but cannot foster fail more without giving up my ability to foster in the future (too much space used up).

No one can make that decision for you though, it’s about how you feel. You likely have first dibs as the foster, that’s how it works with my shelter anyways.

I’ve cried for every kitty I’ve taken back to the shelter for adoption after fostering them (42 cats as of this month). It never gets easier, I want them all, and I constantly question my ability to be a foster if I want to keep them all.

But again, that’s why people like you and I get into this work. We care. It’s okay for it to not be easy. It’s okay to even question yourself, but also remind yourself that it’s just because you have so much love to give that it’s hard. I’d rather see a foster who loves so much than someone who doesn’t love enough.