Post by eaglenest on May 3, 2011 15:17:55 GMT 12.75
Before leaving for my daughter's on Good Friday, I had a call from the county Juvenile Court wanting to know if I would be interested in taking my great-niece? If, I didn't take her, then she would be sent away. I told them that I needed some time to think about it. Her mother over-dosed in 2001 and she has been shoved around by the system. She has hit her grandmother, her step-mother and the last thing was she had broken her 1/2 sister's eyes glasses. This step-mother has this gal with Special Needs baby-sitting for 5 other kids in the house. Hello!! Kids fight!! I wore shinners on my arms growing up all the time from my older brother. This gal has never had anytime by herself and not a room by herself. But, she never has behavior problems at school with teachers or other students!!! Hello!!
So, she is upstairs bathing and getting ready for bed. She has her own room and her own bathroom. All she has are rags and where is the Heck have all her Death Benefits checks went?? Not on her. I am getting her into Daughter's of America and she can go with me to the meetings. I had to go buy her an outfit and shoes to be able to go to a dinner tomorrow night at the Daughter's of America. I am also taking her to school, so that she does not have to change schools this close to the year being over.
Phil had asked me, if I had been praying for her and I said, Yes! He said, then you have your answer...Take Her!!
She put what clothes she had away this evening and we talked a great deal. My Jazzy, golden ret. is so good with her!!
I told her today after court that we are going to have a good time and there will be many new areas of life that she has not experienced. I am not afraid of her turning on me and I don't have much, but I will do my best. She showed me holes in her clothing and she said, that she wanted to learn to sew! I told her that I can help with that. She is so sad and I have felt sorry for her before she was born...stupid mother!! She was a 7 mos. baby. Life-flighted x 3 as a newborn.
So, please keep her in your prayers...we are off to church come Sunday and she told me that her step-mother would not take her!! So sad!! This idiot is a friend of mine on FB and sent me a message in Cap letters requesting to know..how she was doing and to tell her that she loves her!! I am not responding..we need time to make a relationship and I talked with the Judge, who is a friend and he wanted to know if I was ready to take this on and for me to use my judgement, as I have custody if her, now!!
So, she is upstairs bathing and getting ready for bed. She has her own room and her own bathroom. All she has are rags and where is the Heck have all her Death Benefits checks went?? Not on her. I am getting her into Daughter's of America and she can go with me to the meetings. I had to go buy her an outfit and shoes to be able to go to a dinner tomorrow night at the Daughter's of America. I am also taking her to school, so that she does not have to change schools this close to the year being over.
Phil had asked me, if I had been praying for her and I said, Yes! He said, then you have your answer...Take Her!!
She put what clothes she had away this evening and we talked a great deal. My Jazzy, golden ret. is so good with her!!
I told her today after court that we are going to have a good time and there will be many new areas of life that she has not experienced. I am not afraid of her turning on me and I don't have much, but I will do my best. She showed me holes in her clothing and she said, that she wanted to learn to sew! I told her that I can help with that. She is so sad and I have felt sorry for her before she was born...stupid mother!! She was a 7 mos. baby. Life-flighted x 3 as a newborn.
So, please keep her in your prayers...we are off to church come Sunday and she told me that her step-mother would not take her!! So sad!! This idiot is a friend of mine on FB and sent me a message in Cap letters requesting to know..how she was doing and to tell her that she loves her!! I am not responding..we need time to make a relationship and I talked with the Judge, who is a friend and he wanted to know if I was ready to take this on and for me to use my judgement, as I have custody if her, now!!