Two more days! There is a small chance that T (Jeremiah’s biological dad) will not contest the Termination. If this happens, we will not have a two day trial. It will only last an hour. He will also not be able to file an appeal. I just found out that on T’s last child, the…
Read More“Dear Social Workers, I am done.”
I am getting so frustrated with the System. Reconfiguring a company has it’s ups and downs, and after having five PRM’s (social workers) in a period of two and a half years, I can’t wait to be done. The PRM is the one that makes sure we are following the rules set forth by the…
Read Morethee wilt teach me patience
I received a comment recently. A most undeserved one if I may say. This kind friend said that we had so much patience and love for our children. First of all I will focus only on my part of the “we,” as I feel that my better half is indeed very patient, and extremely loving.…
Read More7 days until Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)
7 days until Termination! The Parental Termination case will go before a judge on April 11 & 12. The judge will hear testimony stemming from before Jeremiah was taken into custody to what has happened since then. There will be testimonies by Case Workers, expert witnesses, and Justin (my husband) will even get a chance…
Read Moresooo sleepy
In my last post I talked about taking pictures of the kids so that when they look back they can see who they were. Here is another one of Jeremiah. He was falling asleep at lunch. I just love this because he has fought sleep for SOOOO long. For many months after he came to…
Read Morewho am i?
Pictures say a thousand words right? I recently heard a photographer talk about how she takes pictures of her kids. She doesn’t take pictures when they are posing, she takes them when they are “being themselves.” This gives them a great idea of who they were when they were younger. I try to write down…
Read Morethe big countdown is here!!!
14 days until Termination of Parental Rights!
Read Morei don’t want to
How clearly can a child express their desire to NOT do something? Today Jeremiah had a visit with his bio dad. During the time with him, Jeremiah sat in the same place for 45 minutes! He wasn’t sitting near T (his bio dad). T did offer Jeremiah some Cheerios. Jeremiah got up, walked over to…
Read Moreseparation of church and state
Most governments tend to stick to the much discussed and debated first amendment; Separation of Church and State. However, the process of meshing these two entities is looming on the horizon in our Department of Human Services Child Welfare division. Why? Well, I had a conversation recently with our PRM (one of our social workers).…
Read MoreCASA: this ones a Godsend
I know I have mentioned this before, but I felt it worth repeating. God is so good, and I feel that to not speak about this goodness would be to ignore what He is doing in children’s lives. Some people tend to forget that miracles still exist, and think that God isn’t moving in amazing…
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