14thday
14thday
| Forum role | Member since | Last activity | Topics created | Replies created |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Sep 29, 2007 (19 years) |
4 years | 2 | 1 |
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- Member
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Sep 29, 2007 (19 years)
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- 4 years
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Bio
Why do I blog?
I don't have my child. I was a mother, like any other mother. I worked. I took care of my family. I loved. Deep.
In an instant it all went away.
I carry one haunting memory.
I remember...It took over a year and 1/2 for me to finally decipher the 20 second portion of the tape.
Now, an image of my son, with a blood-filled eye, bruised black and purple, shaking from psychotropic medications, and that part of the tape recording that took me so long to decipher, will haunt me forever.
On that cold December day, when we went to visitation, my son said to me,
"Each time I go home from a visit I just screeeeeam at my foster mom..because each time she walks in, its not you..."
Those heartbreaking words from my son inspired this blog i call 'Its Almost Tuesday' - representing the day of the week we had visitations at the Child Protective Services office in Collin County, Texas.
The story, 'It's Almost Tuesday ' is a fictional story I wrote, however, it is based on true events of abuse and neglect, that was taking place within the Texas foster care system.
In the story, which I wrote from an 8 year old foster child's point of view, I used the exact true words of my son, at those visits, who was 8 years old at the time.
After that visit when I found out my son was being abused, I was not allowed to see him again. It wasn't until he reached adulthood over 10 years later, that we reunited.
I spent much of those ten years advocating for families who were caught up in the child welfare system, until I ultimately had to stop.
The amount of pain the families endured and the unbelievable actions of those working in the system, eventually proved too much for me to handle, both mentally and emotionally.
I am a writer
I am a survivor
I am a mother
I am still here despite it all.
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