No matter how much I heal,no matter how far I come,the child I once was will always walk beside me—a ghost of what should have been.A shadow of the childhood social services should have saved,but didn’t. They had chances.I know that now, not from memory, but from the black-and-white records I’ve fought to hold in… Continue reading The Ghost of the Girl They Left Behind
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Collateral Damage
They say family court is about justice.But justice doesn’t feel like this. It doesn’t feel like being silenced while strangers dissect your life behind closed doors.It doesn’t feel like begging to be heard and being met with paperwork and procedure. Family court is about power.Theirs, not yours.It's about profit—paid experts, legal fees, private reports, all… Continue reading Collateral Damage
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