Court

Well today was disappointing but not in the way it could've been. Our idiot CPS worker failed to turn in all of his paperwork so the judge and lawyers had it 7 days prior as is law. Thanks to that we spent an hour while everyone was back in chambers waiting wondering what the hell was happening.

Our lawyers finally come out and take us somewhere to talk about what the hell is going on. Court was adjourned until December 30th. The judge was NOT happy about it at all since this is the 3rd time it's happened during our case. So already he's annoyed and we haven't even been into the court room.

We got a few interesting surprises out of it all. One the kids lawyer does not agree with the termination idea one bit. That is so damn huge. That alone could get the kids home. The biggest one is that they are putting me on the stand. Because my lawyer is doing so, he and Scott's lawyer can ask anything but the kids lawyer can only cross examine so he's stuck to topics they bring up. This is mainly going to be in relation to my health issues and also the details with winning my social security, the back pay and laws regarding that and so forth. It should be relatively easy and since I've had insurance I've been seeing many different specialists and changed meds around very effectively so that part will look very good. The amount of issues I have won't look as good but with me being in a bit better shape lately, it shouldn't matter too much. The social security stuff will be very easy. It's all easily attainable plus easy to explain since I've been dealing with it with Kaylee for 9 years and know the system very well. I am just grateful to finally have a chance to talk at least about some things. Not being able to say a word while this all happens is horrendous. Now I can.

We also discussed many other things related to the case and CPS's most recent bullshit. They said CPS bringing up the two recent unfounded charges would be one of the stupidest things they could do. The judge is going to see right there that they are now being asses just to be asses. If they were found true yes they would be relevant but not since they were found completely false and closed same day. Also the van and christmas gifts (1 each child), will definitely get their asses handed to them and quickly. We were told directly from the judge that to get the kids home we would have to have reliable transportation. Our lawyers both remember it clearly. So yeah go ahead and mention that too. Other points were brought up also and so much that my brain is still spinning so more details will be coming once my brain stops and I can truly process it all.

Yesterday's Drama

Amazingly yesterday managed to start out all screwed up right from the get go. We woke up to a note on the door from yet another CPS worker about another alleged complaint. We had this happen back in August, but that time it was to let us know that there had been a complaint of possible sexual abuse but she was only there to let us know that is was all looked into already and it was a completely unfounded claim and the case would be closed immediately. This time it was a physical abuse complaint that supposedly Scott was punching Anthony and Kaylee in the face often. The kids once again were talked to and the little 3 backed it up but apparently sounded very coerced. Once they talked to Ashleigh all doubt was put aside and once again another completely unfounded claim. They are digging so badly now it's getting ridiculous which makes me think they know they have not much ground to stand on with the things that happened at the meeting yesterday.

Fast forward til noon yesterday and it's time for the dreaded PPC meeting. These are held before most court dates and there has to be one whenever a child is getting moved. In this case for both reasons. We had 12 different people there plus us including the 1 foster mom, our cps worker, his supervisor, our bethany services worker and numerous others. I knew as soon as I saw how many were there that this wasn't going to be a good thing at all. There also is a neutral (yeah right) outside moderator to keep things mostly on track.

The first thing brought up is that the foster mom that has the little 3 is giving them up. Now granted that is mostly good news since the issues we've seen with Kaylee and all that but this now means they are being split up. Stephie has a home already waiting but Kaylee and Anthony get to return to the temporary place possibly for awhile with them being special needs. This temporary home mainly houses kids parents can't control and behavior issues/mental illnesses along with a few foster kids so it's not where I want those two at all. Ashleigh spent 3 weeks there before going where she is now and she hated every moment of it.

Then on to what we are doing wrong and what they will be asking this time around. We thoroughly figured with them being how they have been so far, they are asking for them to stay in foster care and revisit in 90 days again. Nope they announce they have changed it to asking for termination in 90 days! I was absolutely floored and really still am.

Then onto finances which went great too. First off we only have my social security because he is court bound not to work. So yeah you can't complain about low income when it's your fault our income is low. Doesn't stop them though. I am directly asked how we will manage to maintain with the kids come home and I answer dead honestly. Kaylee gets SSI so there's another $700 a month and 2 kids will qualify under me for another $700 plus possibly the same backpay I got so we now are over $2000 per month and rent is only $550. That was taken as we only want the kids back for their money and supposedly is being told that way to the judge. Um no I merely answered the damn question honestly on what would happen if the kids came home. Then they go into how we shouldn't have bought the van (we had no vehicle) and we shouldn't have spent money on 1 present each mind you for the kids for christmas. Nothing is said positive about us buying the new bunkbed they requested or the other things we did buy that they asked and said they will be telling the judge we cannot manage funds tomorrow. They don't say word one about the couple stupid things we did get. Only bitch about the positive things we did buy that we shouldn't have. They also say nothing when I comment on all the bills we paid on, rent and stuff we absolutely needed. They also have a huge problem that I didn't save much of it. There is a damn good reason why and I showed them proof of it already so this shocked me. I cannot have more than a certain amount in assets or I lose my monthly benefits and my insurance. That cannot happen. Also the kids then would not qualify for either themselves and that is completely unacceptable so yes I spent enough so that won't happen but that's bad too.

Then onto the biggest thing they used to remove the kids and every time we are in the courtroom since then. My health. This time their leg to stand on is so much weaker. I am back on all meds. I am now seeing my doctor every 2 weeks along with physical therapy twice per week, counseling 2 times monthly, spine center soon, MS clinic tomorrow, pain management monthly for now etc. Last time I was seeing a doctor and on some meds. Period. I also had no insurance and was not able to do what I am now. That was why last time we were in court the judge had said something about my social security and insurance possibly being the big turning point in our case and wished me luck that I won when I saw the SSI judge 2 days later. I obviously won and am taking the best care of me I can minus a specialist for the syringomyelia and the probable tethered cord.

The CPS worker and his boss really have this huge thing with believing that social security doesn't come on time or wrong amounts etc and if you ask any place, most places prefer to give credit to people with those incomes because it is guaranteed. There was a problem this month with my check yes, BUT the problem is fixed and was related to my backpay. During the 9 years Kaylee has had hers, the only time there was problems was back in the check days. Once I had it switched to the card it was like clockwork. As Scott brought up to them, any of you could be laid off at anytime. This is better than what you could end up facing. And once he can, Scott does fully intend to work at least during the kids school time even if it is only part time so this whole issue really annoys me. I honestly think the judge will be happy at least on this.

So now with them making all this stuff out to be so bad I don't know how to feel. On one hand I am scared to death because they are asking for termination in 90 days but on the other I don't know that their hand is even slightly strong enough for him to even consider it. About the worst they have is "me speaking inappropriately to the kids" and their example was Anthony wanting me to get on the floor with him and I told him I couldn't because I had just had shots in my back the day before. Of course it was worded as I just wanted the attention all on me. Things were said that day yes but only because I had to to protect me and them since it was the day after having 8 injections in my hip and sacro illiac area.

I just don't know whether my thinking is right on their "big issues" or if they are. I have no idea which side the judge will truly take. Add in to that the fact they already are not on his happy list thanks to calls from our lawyers about missed visits and also the possible abuse, and I want to say he will side with us but my gut instinct is to go with the worst since that's how it's seemed to go so far.

Today Scott also had a rather revealing meeting with our Bethany Services worker who stayed after we left at the PPC and listened to stuff not meant for our ears. She made the comment that she has been to quite a few of these and never seen them pick apart at a family like this and they have an agenda for some reason. We want to get her on the stand (should be no problem) and have her testify to this along with other things. She could really help with proving they've once again lost all objectivity just like Kay before them.

So now it's just sitting here going through every scenario possible and waiting for it to be 3:30.

CPS drama part 4

So now we are onto June and our next court date. We went in hoping we would get the kids back not knowing that MI law is 6 months minimum so obviously we had our hopes squashed big time once again. Nothing big was really discussed that time around and the judge did tell us we were doing good and we would return in 3 months. It was brought up that at one point we had gone 22 days without seeing our kids other than 1 or 2 here and there at doctors visits. He did complain that we were not seeing our kids enough but left it as "DHS discretion" on how our visits would be handled. He did say they better start happening more often and for longer periods of time since we are on a reunification track. He also ordered they hire someone to cover these visits since obviously the current worker is incapable of doing her job. The worker was also chastised that he had ordered we attend certain things before getting the kids home and at the time we weren't even enrolled which hurt our chances immensely on any consideration of more visitation or anything to that point. We left with our tails between our legs knowing nothing would change for the next 3 months until we would return to court again. It truly sucked especially since our court date was also the first day of summer break for the kids.

Amazingly they listened and did hire someone. We started being able to spend time at the park and other places with the kids and usually for 2-3 hours instead of the 1 we were getting. For a short time things were going as good as can be under the circumstances and then she too started cancelling on us. At this point we are lucky to see them every other week if even that. Thankfully we have recently started a parenting class that the kids are at also but that's still only 1 hour per week and cannot be counted as visitation time.

Now it's September 7th and almost 6 months since the kids were removed. This time we knew they were requesting no changes but hoped the judge would do otherwise. Unluckily for us nothing was changed. He did tell Sarah that they still were not living up to his expectations on our visits and that it better change but once again did not change the official orders. Nothing has changed since other than it getting worse. We left again but this time feeling a bit better since her only reasonings for not returning them this time was lack of money (they have scott court ordered not to work and I am disabled) and my lack of insurance aka meds and doctors. I ironically had court 2 days later for my SSI/SSD and he said that would be a key turning point in what happens when we return in December. He also said he doubted I would get a letter in time but I had it 11 days later.

Oh I did forget one HUGE thing in here somehow. During the summer months, it was determined that Ashleigh and the foster mom's daughter were not getting along well enough and Ashleigh would have to be moved. She spent 3 weeks in the temporary place and is now in a home as the only foster child along with the couples 3 biological children and doing tons better.

Ever since Ashleigh was moved, there have been issues with the other 3. Good case in point would be at one of our visits, they had us at a park with no bathroom after I told them many times there was no potty there but no one would listen. Sure enough Kaylee ends up having an accident which shouldn't be too surprising with the closest bathroom 5-10 minutes away. When the foster mom arrived to get them, she was NOT happy at all about this. She literally threw a pair of pants at Kaylee and when Kaylee asked for help getting her current pair unbuttoned the foster mom told her point blank "no way you are way too disgusting" even though the visitation worker had gotten her cleaned up and into new underwear etc. She was made to change her pants in the middle of a parking lot in front of lots of people even though nothing at all was even on her pants. I understand the foster mom has health issues (almost identical to mine) and is a germaphobe from hell BUT you do NOT speak to a child that way. I figured this would be dealt with and quickly since obviously one of their workers, along with us and Scott's mom all heard this.

This was on a Friday so I had to wait until Monday and call about it. I called the worker first and was informed she had quit which we were never informed of and to call the new worker which we did. He asked a few questions but mainly leading to why we didn't help her etc which we did immediately when Kaylee said she needed help unbuttoning her pants. He did not seem concerned about the (I feel) mental abuse of a child that already has significant problems so I went above his head to Deb or Chaz as you will see her referred to from here on out. She also seemed unconcerned. I then called her supervisor threatening to call the news, politicians etc if something wasn't done and never got a call back. I did call all of the above and truly no one will do anything. We had a meeting here with the new worker and asked him if they won't do anything, what do we do. Our child is being abused and treated 10 times worse than when she was here. He told us we could call the police but that would end badly for us. We did call the report line for CPS but as soon as they found out that it was one of their foster workers they said they would investigate but you could tell nothing would happen. Sure enough nothing did and still has not although this was back in September now I believe.

Since all of this, Kaylee has retreated into her shell more and more. She shows definite signs of abuse and is once again back to having accidents and issues at the foster home after a bit of time of things going smoother. She also at one point was having to tell us every naughty thing she had done each week during their phone calls but thankfully at least that much she was told to stop doing. Ashleigh has also told his mom (they cannot tell us anything) that Kaylee has spent full weekends in bed and hours with her nose against a wall etc. No one will take the time to talk to Ashleigh including the court appointed CASA worker which is supposed to be an advocate for the kids. Thankfully the kids are about to be removed from that situation which I will get to in the next post which is related to yesterdays bullshit meeting.

CPS drama part 3

Alright back again and ready to type some more I think. Thinking getting it all out tonight might be wise since my mindframe will not be good tomorrow since we return to court then but more on that in a later post.

We did go the next night and saw the kids for about an hour. They seemed mostly okay minus many questions of why we no longer want them, what they did wrong etc. Leaving them again was harder than all hell and I spent the whole ride home crying my eyes out. We tried to go see them the next night also but when we called we were told they were in the process of being moved into a home and we would have to wait.

Now a piece of information that is probably quite relevant is that we were told they would be placed with an outside agency number 1 and 2 that we would be informed within 24 hours once they were placed. We went 5 days with NO information of any type and they were placed in a CPS foster home meaning no outside agency to help us with any issues CPS gave us. The only good thing is at this point in the game (for lack of a better term), our worker once again had to change. This time we got a worker named Sarah who at first seemed to be alright. We started out with unsupervised visitation and were seeing the kids for 3 hours on Friday nights and during the day Sunday.

The first visit was hard. The kids had had no contact with us for almost 2 weeks and Anthony who is a huge mommas boy wouldn't even come to me when we arrived at the designated pick up spot. I finally had to go to him and pick him up. He at first just held himself stiff as a board and then finally lost it and put his head on my shoulder and completely lost it. I in turn joined him and the foster mom looking sorry for us all, left to go spend time with her own kids. At the time I thought she was pretty okay although I thought it was insane for a single mother with 2 kids of her own to be given our 4 especially with 2 having special needs. I no longer like her at all and that will all be explained later on also.

For that first month or so we did a lot of time at the malls, the movies a couple times, dinner when we could afford it etc since the meeting point was out that way and we really couldn't afford the gas to go elsewhere since we were already driving clear across town for these visits. Our final unsupervised visit ironically was on Kaylee and Stephie's birthday. My parents, Scott's mom and us and the kids all met at Chuck E Cheese since that's what the girls wanted. We had a great night with them all and had no idea things were about to fall apart on us again.

Fast forward to the following Monday when we get a call from the case worker stating that our unsupervised visits have been ended. When asked why, the only excuses she could come up with was the kids were having upset stomachs after visits and acting out. When I called a therapist for advice on this I was told it was very normal being they were being pulled away from us again. I brought this up to the worker and was pretty much told I was completely wrong and she would not budge no matter what I tried. So for the longest time, we would get 1 hour per week being watched and listened to, in a tiny little room with mostly baby toys. This lasted for roughly 3 months before even that started falling apart.

After the first 2-3 months of this, the visits started getting cancelled quite often and always for very stupid reasons. We complained which did us no good and the kids started showing more and more signs of not doing well with things. Of course we were blamed for the new behavior issues and them having more accidents etc. At this time, Kaylee (11) was put into pull ups because it was getting so bad. I had a full fledged shit fit when I found out and demanded she be tested to see what was going on. They dragged their feet and finally did the testing almost 2 months later. The cause: separation anxiety. Now you would think at that point they'd give in and let us have our unsupervised back since the accidents were why they pulled it but of course not. Now they had new reasons. Complete bullshit reasons to make it better. Things we can do nothing about so no way to change things back the way they were without legal interference.

Another quick break then onto our next court date

CPS drama part 2

Alright back at my computer and able to type a bit more now that I had a chance to take a few deep breaths and calm back down. This is harder to type out than some of you may know both between the physical pain issues and the major depression that's going along with reliving it all.

Okay so we are now at March of 2011. This was when we returned to court for the 3rd time and this time with the new worker. This date went horribly wrong. We were told before going into court that it would be just another review and not to worry. That statement was so wrong on so many levels. I should add that technically we had another date prior to this one but thanks to the CPS worker not turning in stuff on time, we had to delay 2 weeks so the lawyers and judge had time to look at documents. That did not put her on the judges good side to say the least.

So we walk into the court room fully prepared to do what we've done the past few times and just sit and listen to what we've done wrong (mostly bold faced lies) and what progress we've made (mostly not given even though we had done tons). This was not so much the case this time. That stuff still happened but this time she was petitioning to have the kids put into foster care which we were not told was going to happen. Our lawyers did not even know until that moment or if they did they outright lied to us both. One thing I've forgot to mention that is very important is we cannot talk. At all. Our lawyers can of course but we cannot unless put on the witness stand and then we have to be examined by both sides. Our lawyers are afraid to put me up there because I am so emotional and Scott is too pissed. As of today, neither of us has ever spoken in court at all.

So she gets on the stand and lies out her ass. Thankfully we do have a decent judge and he spent almost the whole session chewing her out left and right. She even went to the point of emailing the doctor that did the older two girls psychiatric testing and asked them to lie. Well that doctor emailed that letter to the judge so obviously she was not on the judges good side at all. She also turned in pictures that weren't even our house and all kinds of other stuff. She even had the audacity to bitch that we will not let our middle daughter have hot lunch at school because of her food restrictions to which he got very pissed and asked if that means that his kids taking brown bag lunches meant he was an improper parent also. He told her straight out that she had lost all objectivity and that if he could, she would be fired and never allowed to work in this type of capacity again. We truly felt this all boded very well for us since almost everything she had said was disproved but unfortunately we were so very wrong. Once he was done literally almost screaming at her, he turned to us and the only words said to us that whole court appearance were the words we could not believe we were hearing. "I hereby grant the request to remove the kids from your home immediately." We were both too stunned to respond right away which was probably wise. We were whisked into a conference room quickly by our lawyers so we could get ourselves as calmed down as possible before seeing Kay or anyone else for that matter.

As soon as the lawyers would let us, we got ready to leave and of course had to walk by Kay on our way out. Scott had threatened to punch her in the throat and watch her flop like a fish but thankfully all he did was semi discretely give her the finger. We got out of there as quickly as we could and practically ran to the van to go grab the little 3 from his mom's and Ashleigh from school so we could at least say goodbye figuring they would be over very soon to get the kids. This was all around 11am roughly if I am remembering right. It took Kay and her partner until after 7pm to come get them which was nice but horrible at the same time. It was great to have that time with the kids but horrible waiting for the fall to happen. The kids were able to pack some of their stuff and I went nuts taking all kinds of pictures of them all so I at least had those to look at. Amazingly I was okay enough to help load them into the vehicles they were leaving in and give them all hugs and kisses goodbye promising we would come see them the next day since they were going to a temporary place while waiting for placement. Once the cars drove away though I completely lost it and fell on our driveway completely inconsolable. Scott was able to get me inside eventually and the rest of that night is a blur.

Oh another thing Kay had done that I forgot about until right now was she told the kids she was going to remove them from our care. We had Stephie nightly crying that someone was going to climb on their window and take them for the 3-4 weeks leading up to them being removed. She did NOT go with them very willingly at all making it all that much harder to deal with.

Another short break while I work on the rest of this.

The beginning of the CPS drama

I guess some background information would help since some of you have no clue at all what's been going on for the past year+.

It all started with what I thought was a reasonable response to a question I was asked by a DHS worker at my kids school. I was in there to turn in something and was asked how I was doing with all of the health issues. My response was "I don't like living like this but what choice do I really have". She took it as me being suicidal and things went downhill fast. We of course had a knock on our door that night from a CPS worker. She asked to come in and stupidly we agreed. We didn't realize then that we did not have to let her in since she was not there about the house or kids. I will admit the house was cluttered and a bit of a mess but not dirty by any means.

She asked me a ton of questions I think trying to gauge if I was or was not okay. I told her I was fine and that I did not mean my response to be taken the way it was. No I do not like living like this or in pain constantly but what other option do I have? I was already seeing doctors and on the proper medications although at the time we did not know about a lot of the health issues that I have since been diagnosed with. I thought everything was going to be okay when she left since about all she said was she would be keeping in touch for a short period of time and then most likely out of our lives for good. Being this was last summer, obviously that is not how this all went.

Come October they decided to take us to court for the first time based on numerous things. The court denied them everything they asked but did say we had to return in 60 days for a review. On our 60 day review they did make the kids wards of the court but they could remain living here. The only true thing that did was make it easier for them to pull the kids out of our house if they felt it needed to be done. This all was done by a non-judge and for anything more to be done we had to move onto a true ALJ which happened at our next meeting in court

Once you are in the court system your worker changes at least here so we lost the one that we felt was truly trying to help us and got another by the name of Kay. We knew things would go badly from day one since her introduction to us was not "Hi I am Kay" or anything to that point. Her exact statement to us was "My one and only goal is to remove these kids from your care." Thankfully someone else was here at the time and heard this and she got her ass chewed out in court for that along with many other things not that it helped us any. We dealt with some major crap from her including stuff that we found out later was illegal to begin with until court in March.

Fingers are cramping and need a couple minutes break but the next installment of CPS bullshit 101 is coming up very shortly.

The cast of characters

I guess since some of you don't know me as well as others, I will be nice and do a small post about the other people that could often be mentioned here. I will also later do a longer post about myself. This will be more a getting to know you post along with including information about my health issues and who I am if you dig deep enough. Now on to the others :)

I guess I will start with the oldest child and then work my way down leaving hubby for last since his part most likely will be the longest and most time consuming for me to do.

First in line is Ashleigh. She is currently 12 and will turn 13 in December. I got pregnant with her at 17 and she was born 3 weeks after I turned 18. She is without a doubt my mini me. She looks quite a bit like me and has mostly the same interests I do as far as music, reading, and really just life in general. She's a good kid who cares deeply about others and because of it, gets hurt by others easily also like myself. She loves animals and hopes to become a veterinarian when she grows up. She actually went to Zoo School here last year as a step on the path to her dreams.

Next in line is Kaylee. She is currently 11 and is one of two April babies. She is by far my most difficult child although much of it is not her fault. She had a rough start to life and because of this does have some pretty significant delays especially in the areas of speech and fine/gross motor skills. I was in labor with her for 5 days mainly because my contractions would not come regularly and never did the whole labor. She also had the cord tightly around her neck and we came close to a c-section with her since her heart rate would drop really low every few contractions. We also got a call when she was 5 days old informing us that she has a rare metabolic disorder and will be on a very restricted diet the rest of her life. The disorder is galactosemia and with this her liver is missing the enzyme that allows her body to use the simple sugar that is found in lactose. If she eats or drinks products that have lactose in them, her body will store the galactose and will form a toxin which can attack the eyes, brain, kidneys and liver. Being she was breastfed for 5 days and tends to sneak foods she knows she cannot have, she does have some permanent damage. Her speech by far is the most affected. At one point in time, she had no consonants at all. All she would use was vowel signs and that was hell. Thankfully as of now, she does have most consonant sounds with some being much harder for her and thus much harder to understand but for the most part, those closest to her can understand at least 85% of what she says if not more. She also has pervasive developmental delay which is on the autism spectrum along with failure to thrive and some other diagnosis. She also can be violent especially towards her siblings. They are already questioning whether it could be bipolar since it does run in the family big time. She often will get mad and hit or pinch a sibling or throw toys at them. She gets upset very easily and cries at the drop of a hat. Her emotional maturity is down around the 3-4 year age so very close to a 2 year old tantrum. She has hurt herself on occasion when mad but typically attacks a younger sibling or destroys whatever room she is in. The moods swings can happen in the blink of an eye and often can be from the simplest things such as Ashleigh looking at her or at times perceivably nothing at all. I have tried everything I can to get her help but I am told as of now she's too young and because the behavior is not seen at school typically, that as of now she does not need to be receiving help in these areas. We did have her moved to a cognitively impaired classroom last winter and that has seemed to help her some since school is a major struggle for her.

Next up is Stephanie. She is also an April baby and shares her birthday with Kaylee. She just turned 7 in April and is by far the easiest of my kids. She is extremely easy going and quite a character. She has said some of the funniest things ever and is just such a joy to be around. Life with her is never boring and she makes you laugh almost constantly. She also is by far my most sensitive. She recently had double eye surgery to fix a very bad lazy eye issue and is doing much better after. She made it through wonderfully not even needing pain meds after the surgery was done minus tylenol the first day. She is in 2nd grade this year and rather proud of that.

And last but not least for the kiddos is Anthony. He is my only boy and will turn 6 in November. He also has galactosemia and does have some minor delays from it but not enough to qualify for any special assistance at school minus speech. He started kindergarten this year and so far seems to be enjoying it. He is a huge momma's boy to the point when he was a baby I had to take him everywhere with me or he would cry the entire time I was gone. He also is overly sensitive and does get upset more easily than normal. He also, like Kaylee is failure to thrive, and is tiny. He is in mostly 3t clothes and actually just moved in to those. He is short and skinny as can be. He is a very typical boy when it comes to interests. To him, the sun rises and sets around cars whether it be the Disney movie or matchbox cars. He owns probably close to 500 matchbox cars and typically gets one each time he goes with me to the store.

As I think most of you know, all 4 kids are currently in foster care with Ashleigh one place and the rest at another. This is eating me up inside and takes a lot of my time between doing whatever the foster worker requests plus research on how to fight them and also lots of appointments recently for all 4 kids. I will do absolutely anything I can to get them all home again. We return to court on September 7th and hopefully the judge orders them moved back home with us where they belong, but I am not holding my breath on that as of yet.

I think I am going to leave off for now and will return later to do a post on hubby and also the introduction for myself.

Hi all :)

I just wanted to take the time to say "hi" to all I have invited to share this place with me and say thanks for taking the time to stop by. I will warn you all now, there could be a ton of posts at first especially if my body will behave and let me sit here a bit more than what's been normal lately.