In just a few hours, it will have been a full week since our daughter arrived at our door — shaken, triggered, but safe. Not in crisis. Not hiding. Not unsafe. Just a child who needed comfort and ran to the one place she’s always instinctively known to be home. And since then, she’s still… Continue reading A Week in Limbo: When Safety Isn’t Enough
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We Were Asking for Help — Not to Be Blamed
For years, we screamed out for help. We begged for support for our son — a little boy with needs that we couldn’t meet on our own. We talked to professionals, asked questions, knocked on every door. But no one really listened. Instead, we watched his world unravel right in front of us. He was… Continue reading We Were Asking for Help — Not to Be Blamed
Standing in the Storm – Finding Strength Through Faith
There hasn’t been a time in my life when I haven’t been tangled up with social services or the family courts. It’s like a shadow that never leaves—always there, always watching, always controlling. Just when you think you’ve escaped, they find another way to pull you back in.I’ve seen the darkest corners of myself during… Continue reading Standing in the Storm – Finding Strength Through Faith
When Family Hurts: Choosing Peace Over Blood
They say the ones you trust most can hurt you the deepest. I used to believe that family — by blood — was sacred. That somehow, no matter what we endured, that connection would always hold. But I’ve learned that sometimes, those bonds break. And sometimes, they were never truly there to begin with. My… Continue reading When Family Hurts: Choosing Peace Over Blood
The System Failed Me First
As a child, I suffered in silence. No one came to save me. No one looked closely enough. No one listened when I needed them to. I carried bruises you couldn’t see and wounds that never had the chance to heal. I did what so many children do—I survived the best I could with what… Continue reading The System Failed Me First
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