Perfect

I know why this song is on my mind. It's because things going on in my family is on my mind. Particularly in my brother's life. This song is pretty perfect. No pun intended.



I've had to take over his brood for awhile. I'm their legal guardian. (my nieces and nephew) Aside from my brother and his ex girlfriend. Last week...Easter weekendish...I got a call from the babysitter. She knows I'm one of the contacts and since she couldn't get ahold of my brother she called me. There were suspicious bruises on my nephew's back and arm. Not the usual ones...he has a crooked spine so of course he has therapy and sometimes he bruises. These were different. So I told her if they looked that serious to take him to the ER. I met her there and of course since it involved a minor, social services came into the whole situation. Plus, it's happened before. Well, we could never prove it and we still don't know. But when my eldest niece was little she wound up in the ER for some suspicous marks. They wanted to take my luvs. I was freaking out. I couldn't imagine them being stuck in foster homes. I mean, I have a place and I'm their guardian so they said it was fine. I'm middle ground.
Long story short, the doc gave Jr and the rest of them stickers and suckers. I left with all of them. My brother and his ex have a court date (custody battle) on the 16th. So I have them until then. It's been interesting so far. Definitely hectic.
I give major kudos to parents w/more than one child. MAD KUDOS!
My eldest niece broke my heart today. She said: "You smile a lot. My mommy smiles a lot when she's drunk. Are you drunk?"
*heart cracks*
The fact that she knows what drunk is and that her mom only smiles when she's inebriated...damn.
And then she said: "I'm going to live with my grandma cuz my mommy says she doesn't want me anymore. I'm too loud. She says my grandma wants me."
*heart shatters*
If that judge gives that woman custody I will....I will do something bad.
No way in hell should they go with her. What kind of a mother says that to her child?
I've been smothering them with major love. My middle niece is so adorable. Squeezahuggably so. :)
My brother sees them daily. I've never seen him so broken.
I keep telling him this is just a roadblock...not a mountain. We'll get through this. He will be ok. So will they.
The End.