This will be our second Christmas
without our two oldest children, Rilyne who is 4 and Brayden who is 16 months,
and our first without our 4 month old Carson. Every day without our children is
heartbreaking to say the least, but the holidays are truly traumatic. Seeing
our friends and family rejoicing and celebrating lifelong memories with their
children rips our hearts out over and over each and every second of every day.
We haven't decorated at all, no tree, no lights, no presents, nothing....just
an empty, silent home. It isn't Christmas at our house, just another day that
we wake up. Everyone is always asking us "Have you put your tree up
yet?" We just bow our heads and try not to fall apart.
We
are without our children because my oldest son Brayden has a medical condition
known as Infantile Rickets of Prematurity which causes his bones to be
incredibly fragile. He was born 2 months early after my water was broken for 2
months. At 3 months of age, fractures were discovered throughout his tiny body;
he was taken and we were accused of abusing him. We have been devastated since
that day, December 15, 2014. We just wish we had a fast forward button so both
our hearts and our family could be mended..
This
testimony was provided by the mother, Keshia Turner. Unfortunately, after the
state takes custody away from a parent, any children birthed afterwards are
immediately seized (a modern form of sterilization), which explains why the
youngest child was later taken.
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