Sam was only with us for a weekend but they changed our life

This was going to be a long couple of days (Picture: Drew Forsyth)You are questioned and analysed for nearly a year. You undergo hours and hours of training.Then your first day arrives and you feel like you’ve forgotten everything you know, and you keep asking where the toilet is, even though it’s in your own home. This is how my partner and I felt as we nervously chatted through our first car journey as foster carers. It was awkward.Sam*, the teenager in our care was