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A True Story of Love, Loss, and Miracles
Photo Credit: flickr/WolfSoul
On this day two years ago, a Snohomish County commissioner gave me the court authority to travel to Texas to remove my 6-year-old daughter from a house in that State and put her into my custody. The commissioner finished his ruling by hitting the podium and saying “I want that child back in Washington State NOW!” The courtroom, filled mostly with people I didn’t know, cheered and applauded, having heard all of the facts.
Two months before, in front of the same commissioner, we had lost the very same case. My daughter would be relocating to Texas, despite our legal objection, to live in a situation we knew little about. Finances and long distance parenting plans between Washington and Texas would confine our visits to once or twice a year. That loss brought on a hopelessness and a sadness of a magnitude that I’ve never experienced before. During those dark days in July following the relocation loss, our history together replayed in my mind.
Heartbreak and Hope
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I’ve always worked really hard to be honest with all of you. I want anyone who takes a minute to stop by my little corner of the internet to feel like they’ve gotten the real me. The whole story. I try not to candy coat anything. With that in mind, I’m going to be completely straight with you.
The first post back from summer break was not supposed to be like this.
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