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ORIGINAL: Jenny-Fair

You remember the mom who drove her babies into a lake because her boyfriend didn't want them around.[:(]

I don't understand it, either. Oh, I understanding wanting a man...but I don't get sacrificing your children (or his, for that matter) for it. It's the opposite of motherly love.

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ORIGINAL: Leslie_JnJs_mom

I went to church yesterday and we were doing our talking about our week/ prayer requests when one of my friends spoke up saying that some already knew but here goes ~ On Wednesday night around ten she was getting ready for bed when the phone rang. She was informed that her sister had sold her 10 year old daughter. She went into a short history of her sister having 5 children but lost custody of all of them but this one and is pregnant again. So she calls the police who transfer over to the juvenile courts. About one in the morning they track down who had this little girl. She tried calling several times with no answer but later in the morning they called her wanting to know why she was calling. She explained that she was the aunt and she wanted her. She said she would fight in court if she had to and she has already told that she will get her since she is family and in a stable environment. Thankfully the lady on the other end said she was not wanting to fight but was told the girl would starve to death if she did not take her. She also found out that the girl was not sold but given away since her new boyfriend did not like her. They then left that afternoon for Alabama to get her and on their return trip her niece was in a state of shock and did not talk at all. She was also very ill. She got home on Friday and put her in a shower and took her straight to our local doctor who is wonderful by the way. He found that she had a horrible bladder infection that had been there a long time and was so constipated she was impacted. She has been molested more then once and physically abused as well. They went through her stuff and none of her clothes fit and has one pair of flip flops for shoes. She has no toys and probably never had any. When she was asked about what toys she likes she said that she had toys there but she will not play with them. She is very grown up for her age. She probably had to in order to survive.
To make matters worse is her husband just lost his job. Her birthday is coming up and she wants to throw her niece a party since she has never had one before. A lady in the class who makes cakes said she would be happy to make one at no charge. Not surprising I got called at home a couple hours after church that our class is wanting people to go through their pantry's and closets to find things for the family and their new addition. She has already filed the paperwork for custody. So she has a new child but it is so sad how she became a "mom" again. I am in shock that any mother would treat her own child like that. I cannot imagine what could break that bond that mothers feel for their children.