As I have mentioned in an earlier entry I was told if we wanted to keep Rebecca with us and stop the reunification process we were going to have to fight. I am one who fights for what she loves so our fight began. The first part of the fight was providing the redacted record on the boys to the case worker for Rebecca. Step two was going to be writing everything down. If there is a written log that follows everything that happens we would hopefully have enough information to fight for her.
I had bought a notebook and as soon as we got home after the first visit I began to write everything about the visit down. I had everything noted with the dates, times and location of the visit. I wrote down about the biological mother’s physical appearance, her behavior when she saw and held Rebecca and I wrote what she said or did down. Part of the journal also included what the case workers said to us and to her.
They were going to start some work in what is called a reunification plan. This plan outlines what the biological mother must do in order for the possibility of reunification to exist. The state does provide a written plan and covers the cost of working towards reunification. She was going to be required to attend weekly counseling both individual and group, find a job, a place to live and she must make all the visitations and attend parenting classes. There was a lot more things she had to do but those are the big ones.
Two weeks later and we were headed back to another visitation. This one here was a little easier because I knew what to expect. This time I brought my own notebook into the visitation room with me and I told the case worker what I was doing and that we planned to fight if it came to that. Steve and George deserved to grow up with their sister and Rebecca deserved to be with them in a safe loving family. Given the biological mothers history we truly believe that Rebecca would not be ok with her and she deserved so much better than what she could have offered.