So the events of today warrant a different writing. It seems I'm straying from my purpose of this blog for the need to just write and express myself. Something I love to do and do so well. I'll just have to make some edits for the purpose of organizing the information.
So the information I am about to share will be better understood with some background information which I had planned to provide and have yet to do so. Because of that I am forced to do my best to get the information out there at this moment before going into detail of the events of my day.
I must say my day started off well. Talked to my boss about my position and the expected pay which is supposed to be great and it's really going to change my life for the better financially. And not to mention other things I can't yet share here because of my situation. But it will be amazing. And then to top it off, my boss bought my three children a gift for Christmas. But then I received a phone call that completely changed my day. So let me tell you about my cousin. I will not include names for the purpose of protecting their identities.
So my cousin had a hard life growing up. She was one of 5 children. The two oldest had one father who they lived with, and the other three had a different father who they didn't know. One of them stayed with an Aunt of ours his entire life and if was just the two girls. CPS got involved many times taking the kids and giving them to my parents and so I grew up with these two of my cousins in my life. I became very close to the one cousin who is my age. One day the state gave her back to her mom and from there she got into drugs and everything else and ended up pregnant at 15. She had her son and then later a daughter and then got into more trouble and CPS got involved and at this point she was pregnant with her third child but with another man. I was contacted and asked to take custody of the unborn child at birth and so she came and stayed with me and my then husband. For six months I had this beautiful little boy and my cousin worked hard to straighten her life up. Then CPS decided to give the child to his father in Mexico because they can't do background checks on people in Mexico. So of course the baby and the momma went to Mexico. She stayed for a while. He stabbed her in the leg to keep her there, she got pregnant and she talked him into coming back to Texas to have the baby. They got settled in and were doing great and even had a third child. Things were going good for her and she was bettering herself and her families and even decided to leave the father of her children who was abusive to her. She left, her sister stayed there. One day her sister called to get a ride to see her kids baby daddy and then refused to take her daughter. That night, August 4th, 2011 that beautiful little girl was murdered in front of her three cousins before she ever even reached the age of two. That night turned her life upside down because even though she had done nothing wrong, her children were taken from her, their father put in prison, and then she lost her job and her house and it just continued downhill. Not everyone is as strong as I am and she couldn't deal with this. She had everything she needed given to her during this rough time so that she could recuperate from the death of her niece. You see, she practically raised her niece as her own as the momma of the child was abusive to the child, so she felt like this child was her child.
Because of that one night, my cousin lost everything she had worked so hard for. And because she couldn't bare to be alone in the home she was given, she moved back to trouble. I could no long even reach her and I worried about her children which by the way she fought to get back and I helped her pay the expenses to do so. Here lately, I've been very worried, you see I have this ability to know things in advance, to sense things. Just yesterday morning I was talking about calling CPS for the children because I know what she was doing and couldn't reach her to get the children. The next day, today, I received a call from someone I didn't know. I didn't answer and they called back so I figured it must be important so I answered and they said they were told to call me to tell me to call this number to go get he kids for her. I called and left a message and then tried to get as much information as possible from the other individual. Finally it came out that he was lying to me about her location and she was there all along. And the other person finally called me back and the children had already been picked up by CPS. I was able to obtain the contact information and after a few more calls I was in touch with the actual case worker I needed to speak with. Most likely due to the fact that she abandoned her children and went back to drugs, I will receive permanent full custody of these three children. I already have three children close in age to those. I have two girls and a boy, she has two boys and a girl and they are each one year younger than mine. Sure after the first of the year I can do it. I manage anything, but it's a lot to take on. And there is a lot to be considered however the State is going to do everything in their power to assist me and get me to take the children rather than a stranger. I tried to get my cousin here with me to get her away from the bad before she kills herself and she ran off. If I can't take the children I know one other who can but he is not family.
At this point, my life is completely possibly changing in three weeks. Not getting any worse but at the same time this could still feel like that set back I've been expecting however it's not a set back. Just additional responsibility. For now, this is where it stands...
-Amanda Kay
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