We've had two video chats with Jack and he's okay. He looked tired last night when we chatted with him but that's understandable. He was playing all day with the other kids in the foster home. We met the foster mother, she's a grandma too and seems very kind and loving. I am thankful. He had a new truck, a cherry picker, and liked that. He also wore a Paw Patrol costume for most of the day. The foster mother said she would send that home with him.
Gracie called her brother and was threatening to kill herself, so Gracie's mom and brother drove out to Vancouver to be with her. Gracie took the ferry over from Victoria. I don't care about Gracie right now. My grandson has bruises on his face that haven't healed yet and apparently a really bad bruise on his behind. He also has the diaper rash from hell.
What the poor little guy is going through is the very definition of trauma and it breaks my heart. The big guy was crying yesterday, me too, but we're getting through the days. I cooked all day yesterday as we had promised my in laws a Thanksgiving dinner and we'll take that down to them this afternoon. The pies turned out really nice. Nothing fancy but a Thanksgiving dinner that my mother in law didn't have to cook herself which is a nice treat.
Yes. Jack's safety is paramount and it sounds as if he is not only safe but fine and perhaps even enjoying his time with other children but oh, god! The thought of his poor little body and heart be traumatized.
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Bless you, woman.
He's safe and he's getting good and loving care. Hopefully he'll remember that more than what preceded it. I can't imagine how sick at heart you must feel about what he's been through.
ReplyDeleteDear God, I missed a lot here. I need to catch up on what's happening. Poor little Jack, oh my heart. I know you will secure him.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Gracie is not your concern (or at least as long as Jack is not with her), but it does look as though the poor little soul is being well looked after right now. I seriously hope you get guardianship of him - so he can ride on his grandpap's shoulders every day from now on!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm going to focus on, too. Jack is safe in the foster home. I'm guessing Jack understands that he will see you and Big Guy again soon, loving him, giving him what his mother can't give to him. Of course I love your photo of Jack and the Big Guy.
ReplyDeleteI'm eager to see this resolved and Jack back where he belongs, in your care!
ReplyDeleteShould social services be involved at this point?
ReplyDeletePoor Little Jack! He did not ask for any of this and he surely does not deserve it. Thank God he has got you and The Big Guy in his life. I hope you bring him home safely but I also wonder where you will go with this from here.
ReplyDeleteI Love that pix of Jack with Grandpa! Gracie threatening Suicide and then her Dad actually doing it must be making their Family be on pins and needles, while also having to Cope with worry about Dear Jack. I wonder if Mental Health Issues run in that Family? Anyway, I was glad and relieved to hear that Jack had a good Foster Care Placement with a Grandmotherly type of Foster Mom while in temporary placement until you could get things sorted out to bring him Home with you.
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