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I dont lik it here with Dad and Mommy Helen. I miss you and Daddy and Emma. Cindy boses me around and don’t share her toys. She thinks she is king because she is 3 yeers older. I cry every night. I don’t lik the lady that they make me tauk to. She askes stupid stuff.
Luv, Bree
OOO XXX
PS: I drew you a picher and I made a birthday card for Emma.
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Hi Honey,
I know this is so hard for you but remember what mommy said before you left. I am fighting hard to get you back home and I will never stop. We miss you so much. Emma still doesn’t understand and she keeps asking where you are. I am saving the card until her party on Saturday. She will be so happy! Remember how you showed her how to hold up three fingers? She finally got it. Now, when we ask her how old she is going to be, she pops up those little fingers. Remember that you are still a big sister to Emma even if you are a little sister to Cindy. I don’t think she means to be bossy. It’s just her way of saying she’s been the only child for a long time and doesn’t want to share her mom, yet.
I will call your dad and ask him to find another counselor for you. Bree, you know it breaks my heart to see you unhappy but I am proud that you’re such a brave girl. Try to be a good and listen to Helen. Be kind to Cindy. Remember to say your prayers. Jesus will help you.
Mommy and Daddy and Emma love you to pieces. Thank you for the beautiful picture. I hung it on the fridge.
Hugs and Kisses, Mommy
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Dear Mom,
I wanted to call but I forgot to add minutes to my cell phone. I need to vent so I’m just going to write and hope you check your email. I got a letter from Bree today. She’s so unhappy, mom. I feel like a failure. How could the courts do this to her? The system is so unfair. Her father knew I didn’t have the money to pay for a good attorney. It makes me so mad!!! Bree isn’t the only one who cries every night. I know you keep telling me to trust God and I’m trying, Mom – I really am. But my daughter’s gone; I can’t seem to find any help and I’m about as low as I ever thought I could get. The only reason I’m holding together is because of Emma – I don’t want to go to pieces for her sake.
Why would God let them take her away when I prayed so hard for Him to answer?
Rachael
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Dear “Valley” Girl,
Isn’t that how some advice columnist would start?
Honey, I wish I could rattle off some sage answer and solve all of your problems. Just like you hurt for your daughter, I hurt for you. Try as we might, we moms don’t have all the answers. Life is hard and full of troubles. I can quote you a bunch of verses but I don’t think that’s what you’re after. You want to make sense out of what doesn’t make sense, to hear that everything’s going to be all better. It will, Rachael, some day. God is working out something according to His plan and His timing.
God doesn’t promise that there will never be valleys – He promises that He’ll go through them with us. We would all prefer the mountaintop experiences of this life, but it’s in the valleys that we grow in strength. When King David wrote the 23rd Psalm, he understood, perhaps better than most, what it meant to go through the deep, dark places. He also knew the faithfulness of God in the midst of every valley.
God knows how hard this is for you and He understands what you are going through. Remember, He knew what it was like to give up His own child. Let Him hold you now and comfort you. Hang onto your faith. I’m praying for you.
When you get more time on your phone, call me and we can talk.
Love, Mom
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Even though I walk through the valley of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
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