Kelly and AJ spent a day with us in Scituate last summer – and AJ’s first encounter with salt water was here, at Scituate Lighthouse. She wasn’t sure what to make of the waves and the water, the light dancing on the harbor and the wind plucking a song from the boats’ riggings. There was so much that was new and fascinating – but she took it all in from her mother’s arms and only squawked a little when her toes were dipped into the water. She was safe and she was loved.
AJ, no matter where you are – know that you are loved and that there is a constellation of family and friends who will never stop hoping and praying for you….
“Is a Family Court ruling in the best interests of the child? Not this time” by Bob Kerr
There is one clear, undeniable fact at the center of this sad, cruel story:
A 16-month-old child was taken from the only home and the only mother she ever knew and sent to live with complete strangers in North Carolina.
This is such a twisted and heartless story, filled with mixed signals of hope and crushing disappointment. A little girl with no voice in determining the course of her life is allowed to form a strong bond with a woman who loves her, provides a good home for her and wants to adopt her. Then the Department of Children, Youth and Families and Family Court break the bond and leave a sobbing child reaching for her foster mother at T.F. Green Airport. And the foster mother has to walk away because foster mothers have absolutely no rights no matter how committed and caring they are.
(click to read the entire story at the Providence Journal website)
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