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Nov. 27, 2004 And so the nightmare goes on. A simple bad day leading on to a running total of 38 bad days with 45 more to go. I got a call from my new DSS case worker today. A polite woman with a nice demenor who, if I met on the street or in a grocery store, I'm sure I would have no problem having a nice conversation with. But in my mind, in this situation, she is the one person standing at the gate of losing my babies. The reason for the continued investigation? Not enough information collected during the first investigation. Ridculous. This time around, my background is going to be checked, not just how I am as a parent, but how I was raised, how my parents are as people and how everyone in my family gets along. They will also be questioning Josh (Lexi's dad) and his family about his past, his raising and his parents, and Dennis (Mikey's dad), who will be checked for the same things. In my head, this is not fair. How I was raised is how I was raised. It is not necessarily how my children will be raised. I admit I am a lenient parent, but I don't see myself raising my kids the same way that I was raised... by a couple of hippies (love you, mom and dad). Then they want to check the one thing that I can actually prove them wrong on without effort. They have this feeling that I am not giving my children the appropriate medical attention. DING DING DING... SURVEY SAYS: WRONG!!!! My children recieve the best medical attention I can give them. They are up to date on their shots and doctor visits and when it comes to them being severely ill, I can gladly provide the hospital records showing ER visits and/or hospital admissions. HA! TAKE THAT! They only good news that came out of my five minute conversation with my new case worker, is that they don't thing they need to pursue any drug and alcohol investigations. At least they believed me on that. I'm not a drug addict or an alcoholic. So that is the silver lining around a very, very dark cloud that is surrounding my life. As I said before, I have no problem with DSS as a whole. They are just doing their jobs protecting children from horrible situations, but any person who knows me, knows that I am not one of those parents that puts my children in horrible situations. I love my children. They are the reason I wake up, the reason I breathe, and the reason I stay on the straight and narrow. In fact, there is a song by a band called Hoobastank called "The Reason" and if you ask my two and a half year old son "What song is this?" He will immediatly answer, within the first few beats of the song "Mommy" or "Mine". That's a well loved child if I say so myself. I will never claim to be mother of the year. I will never even ask to be in the running for it. But I do the best I can and the best I know how. It may not be good enough for everyone. But I have two happy, healthy and loved children in my home right now and I will be dead before they are taken from me. Investigations be damned. I will not lose my children. Bring on the fight. I'm ready. ------------ About the author L.J. Chapman: I am a twenty-four year old mother of two and self-proclaimed, practicing "Christian-Buddhist" from Massachusetts. I am going to be going to college for journalism and I am hoping to complete my yet to be titled novel by early Spring 2005. Email: snowboarderspixiegirl8@hotmail.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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