I haven't posted in a couple of weeks but that will never mean you are forgotten. You are all always in my heart and my thoughts. Our family has gotten slightly bigger but not the way most people would expect. It turns out I have an older brother I have never met. He was born when Gramps was barely an adult himself. He just found us last week but he said he wants to talk to all of us.

Rascal is not with me any longer. I have to work so much I didn't have time to spend taking him outside to play like he needed. But Uncle David had a friend who wanted him and now Rascal lives on a farm with lots of room to run and cows to investigate. I bet he was really confused the first time he saw a cow.

I got the appeal filed and now I am trying to decide what evidence needs to be presented and who needs to testify. I have to show that Roanoke City has failed to follow the court order and set me up to fail the parenting agreement. Even if I prove Roanoke City didn't do what they were supposed to do, that doesn't mean the judge's decision will be overturned. Unfortunately, the same standards of guilty until proven innocent don't apply in CPS cases. And even if a judge agrees you never did anything to harm your child, they can still be taken away forever.

Sometimes it seems like an impossible task, to prove you never hurt your child and get them back home. But I can't give up, what kind of parent abandons their child? Not me, never. I will fight for all 3 of you until you either come home or I am dead. And if you are not home and something happens to me, Uncle David and Aunt Jenny and everyone else will take up the job of bringing you home.

just look for me when you are grown, if I fail to change the court decision. I found your father's half brothers after it had been over 30 years since he had last seen them. And now, a brother I have never met has found us. Time is no barrier to family ties, they can always be reconnected.