Informative Booklet Coming Soon

"Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after; so that when men come to be undeceived it is too late: the jest is over and the tale has had its effect."
Jonathan Swift
November 9th, 1710


A veil has been lifted and my eyes are now open. Now what? What do I do with this knowledge?
Keep fighting for my nephew? YES!!!!!!
Continue fighting for visitation and contact with my nephew? YES!!!!!!!!!
But what about the next child, nephew, cousin, etc.? What about the people who PURPOSELY kept my nephew in foster care with their lies and manipulation?
Should we TELL? Ask for justice? Should they continue to work with children?

I have been sent countless requests from relatives like me, who WANT their relatives out of foster care. I have tried to email everyone some suggestions and places to go. AND YES WARNINGS on what COULD happen! IF anything good can come from this awful situation, I hope that someone could use our pain to educate themselves and MAYBE save their relative. At this time I am putting together a simple informative booklet to email to those who ask.

I am not an attorney. I cannot give ANY legal advice. BUT I can tell you what happened to me and with hindsight see exactly how my ignorance of the system was used against my family. I have never been subject to a CPS investigation. I am just your ordinary aunt who had to learn the hard way that not all state workers are truthful, trustworthy, or above deception to have things go as THEY intend. Silly me, I thought that there was justice for all.

Any thoughts or questions that you may have just email them to me. I will do my best, with my VERY busy schedule and try to help point you in a good direction. If you have ANY information that may help future relatives, PLEASE let me know. ANY information would be greatly appreciated. Not unless you have been through this, can you be expected to know the path traveled. There are MANY bumps in the road and by sharing what LITTLE information I know, hopefully, you can avoid the same snake nests that I have found myself in.

I love my nephew and I miss him every single day. Once in a while it will just hit me that some foster parents who receive compensation for caring for him, have adopted 2 or 3 other children CAN fight an approved biological aunt for that baby! Are you kidding me?

NO ladies and gentlemen this is no joke! Welcome to America, the land of the FREE!

Foster parents are and can be a wonderful resource. They can provide the love and care that children need during their time of detainment. They SHOULD aid with reunification at ALL times. IF AND WHEN, adoption becomes the only option for that child, the foster parents COULD adopt..............IF and I really mean IF........there is NO BIOLOGICAL family members who are approved, willing, and ABLE to adopt that child. PLEASE DO NOT THINK THAT I AM BASHING ON COMPETENT FOSTER PARENTS!!! (Thank you.)
In our case the foster parents were shopping for another child, took a low risk little boy, planned to adopt him, conspired with Environmental Alternatives (foster/adoption agency), Del Norte CPS, and State Adoptions (Arcata) to keep him. Simple as that!
In no way is that in their job description, in no way is that morally correct, in no way is that NOT going to HURT this little boy!

OK so before I continue on my soap box, I will just ask that you be patient with my booklet preparation. I want to have a quick response for everyone who asks me for help. With my schedule I have small pockets of time to work on it. It is SO very important to expose the hidden pitfalls to every relative out there, that I will find the time!
Thanks;)