I am feeliing better about Tomas' safety today. I don't feel totally secure but I feel a little better. Linda says she is going to be staying long term with her aunt and uncle so DYFS will transfer her case to that county if that's so. They are going to check and see where the baby is during the week and whether that is a safe place. I have absolute confidence in Linda's aunt and it's a relief to me that the baby is there ... except that the aunt works during the day. It would have been nice for Linda to have her aunt's guidance. Although the aunt doesn't have kids she seems to have a lot of common sense when it comes to baby care. Without that, I'd be really scared for Tomas.
If nothing else, I hope DYFS will get Linda into some kind of parenting program so that she can learn better skills. The stuff I saw around here and the stuff I've heard about her parenting from other people makes my hair stand up on end.
All of us miss the baby terribly but there is nothing we can do while Linda is still bent on being vindictive. Heidi is hurting and is very angry at being deprived of seeing Tomas. She said Linda told her, I would never keep Tomas from you or your Mom and she is so upset that Linda lied to her. She did a lot in helping to take care of the baby, many times when Linda slept for hours and hours, and so she's grown close to Tomas too. People ask TB and me how we are holding up but always forget that this affects Heidi too.
Maybe Linda thinks that TB hates her but he doesn't. He loves her but she's hurt him very badly with this most recent betrayal of trust. Maybe someday she'll wake up and realize what she's doing.
::Premium Chicken Sandwich::
Onesome: Premium-- Have you tried any of the fast food empire's 'Premium' sandwiches lately? Was it any good?
No, I've been staying away from fast food places because of the high fat content in the sandwiches.
Twosome: Chicken-- Chicken, beef, fish, tofu... What's your dietary staple?
Chicken. Beef isn't so healthy, I can't get my mind around eating tofu and I have a psychological gag reflex with fish. It happened when I was a little girl and I saw my mother choke on a fish bone. I remember my grandfather pounding her on the back and her face turning red...it scared me so badly that even now when I eat fish I feel like my throat is closing up.
Threesome: Sandwich-- Let's do lunch! Do we head for that fast food place? ...or will noon find us over at your favorite deli noshing down?
No fast food place! I really like Subway, which is more like a deli place right? I also like Salad Works a lot although it's pretty pricey.
I'm about 99% certain that you're the Cassie I knew from when I was active in the Dark Shadows fandom.
I was swallowed whole by the Smallville fandom back in 2001, and I'm still there. I've branched out from fic into photomanips, too.
Still doing the stay-at-home mom thing, still only one child, though we're in the process of filling out the application to adopt from China. Hopefully, we can just point DS at the social worker and she'll say, "Wow! Of *course* you can have a baby!"
I suspect it'll be more involved than that.
If you want to, you can reach me at the e-mail addy I used here.
Posted by: Barbara at July 8, 2005 03:09 AM