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dear ivan no calls to the governor,please! i appreciate your response but i think at this point i have to stop, if only for jessica's sake. she needs some continuity in her life she is settled into a good school her second year in high school az nd er second year in the same school she has friends she has teachers and i get ot see her every other week for the whole weekend some people send their kids to boarding school at this age particularly those with behavioural problems maybe i can pretend i'm rich and she is at finishing shoal - haha, not funny. my mom taught me the old song - keep right on to the end of the road - but she never told me what to do when you got there...... hilary Ivan M Suzman wrote: > > hilary, > > please ask someone for the governor of virginia's > phone number > > and post that tel. no. > on PIEN > > I will be VOCAL > and encorage others to call, too > > :-0 > Ivan > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:53:40 -0400 Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > dear ivan, > > and any other interested list members > > > > i have just received a letter from my lawyer. in it he states " it > > will be > > very difficult to have a plan other than permanent foster care > > approved given > > the timeframe in which Jessica has been in a return to home plan" > > in other words > > our time has run out. > > we have tried to keep the options open > > for jessica (my youngest daughter) to return home, > > but virginia law > > just doesn't allow the possibility. > > She has been in limbo for too long. > > she is in an after school program > > which is only available to kids in foster care, > > nobody can explain why this is so, > > it would make far more sense > > if she went to school > > from my house in the morning, > > then to this program, > > and then came home in the evening. > > But no , to be in compliance with me regulation or other. > > she has to stay in a foster home, > > with a family of a different religion, > > a mother who is older than me > > and quite preoccupied with her menopause. > > And she is only allowed to see me > > every other weekend, > > Thank heavens for small mercies - > > this has just been extended to the whole weekend. > > So what can i do > > but breathe a deep sigh of regret and resignation > > and thank all those who have helped me fight > > and learn to accept that > > my daughter's teenage years > > will be spent with somebody else's mother > > except for every other weekend. > > ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) > Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) > ********************************************************************