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Post by Lugnutz on Aug 24, 2017 15:25:10 GMT -5
Not going anywhere. You have life going on.
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Post by Steve on Aug 24, 2017 22:30:39 GMT -5
I am so sorry to hear of your stuff. As a former foster parent as well as a caseworker I am surprised you have been able to hang on as well as you have. I wish you,your partner, and the "kids"my best wishes to get through this.
I'd offer to help but at this point I Can't even sort your board and find my name/password combo. Pax. Steve
P.S. Write if it helps you but as much as we enjoy your stuff I doubt if there are any fans who mind waiting given the circumstances.
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Post by TeddyBower on Aug 25, 2017 20:45:54 GMT -5
I can well imagine what you guys have been going through. Report or not to report. Unfortunately there was no good answer in your situation.
My nephew and his family have been experiencing a similar situation with the one child experimenting with the other and both of a similar age. They chose not to report and their family was torn completely asunder by cps as well as the county sheriff's department (once it all came to light) who dragged them through hell and many many thousands of dollars gone in attorney's fees before everyone decided, that yeah, kids will be kids.
On the one hand I completely understand the position of those in authority, having myself been the victim as a kid of an adult in one situation a much older teenage boy in another. Somehow though, I think they've lost the plot in situations like yours and my nephew's family.
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Post by Crom on Aug 25, 2017 21:17:20 GMT -5
So sorry to hear of your misadventures. Hang in there. Shit happens!  |
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Post by sidney on Aug 26, 2017 2:38:22 GMT -5
You are heroically exercising the compassion, love and humanity necessary to stitch together a family from children who have been rejected and/or damaged by their own families. The majority of our national leaders could learn immeasurably from your example. With such an excess of proceedings in your life, your rare leisure time must be reserved to decompress. If writing doesn't fit the bill, so be it. Just think, you will have an abundance of primary material next you pick up a pen.
All the best to you and your family.
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Post by pedro on Aug 26, 2017 14:14:36 GMT -5
Dave, when I first read your post the word that sprang to mind was 'Kafkaesque..'. You are heroically exercising the compassion, love and humanity necessary to stitch together a family from children who have been rejected and/or damaged by their own families. The majority of our national leaders could learn immeasurably from your example. With such an excess of proceedings in your life, your rare leisure time must be reserved to decompress. If writing doesn't fit the bill, so be it. Just think, you will have an abundance of primary material next you pick up a pen. All the best to you and your family. Sidney has expressed my feelings more eloquently than I could ever do. Remember that old piece of cod schoolboy latin - ' Nil Illigitimus Carborundum' -'Don't let the Bastards grind you down'. Best wishes to you all |
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Post by bobby on Aug 27, 2017 9:03:09 GMT -5
So sorry to hear the troubles you are having Dave. Keep your head up and know you are doing the right thing for your family while they are only worried about covering their asses.
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Post by silentreader on Sept 17, 2017 21:39:58 GMT -5
I admire and respect you and your husband so much. (I know; that is not why you wrote your message. Nonetheless it is true.)
Hang in there...
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