First, let me start off with, from day one, I have always maintained that it is of the utmost importance that August’s mom stay involved in his life.
I have purposefully left out many of, the not so pretty details of her story. I am not trying to paint a negative picture of her. My hope is that soon, she can come to terms with what exactly it is that has caused her so much loss, deal with it, move on, and finally let the past be the past.
I don’t want her to be “that” parent, whose addiction causes severed ties with their children. I don’t want August to have that kind of hole in his heart. I do recognize that some things are just simply out of my control. Continue reading »