It's Time

About a year ago, a very reputable journalist approached me through this blog for the real account of the journey of Isaiah and his sister CeCe.  I was very skeptical at first, but realized she was a genuine person. Over the last year we have become advocates for these children, although, I think, from different sides of the perspective.  While I am thinking from a very committed Christian point of view, she is coming from a doubting real Christianity view.  And, guess what, I don't blame her.  There are so many wrong points of view from so called "Christians" that, quite frankly, make you wonder what doctrine they are listening to.

But, we have met in the middle, and our interests, combined, regardless of what we believe, is in the future and past of these children.  These children have been used, abused, manipulated and discarded for pure human selfish and survival reasons.  They have been thrown aside without regard for their traumas, their sufferings, their somewhat hard to cope with survival instincts, that can separate and divide a formed family.  They end up in a pile or heap at the bottom, all because most of the adoptive parents are hoping for someone they can "save" "heal", or just make "them" feel like a hero.  Some of these kids are so damaged they cannot give anything back, or escape the "survival" disorder or phase, but some, a few, can get past that, with the right parenting, the right guidance, and that is without the wishy washy phase of giving in because the kid is "damaged" or "underprivileged".

Parenting these kids is tough, somewhat depilating, because you don't want to be hard, fixed, and demanding of what you need in them to survive in the family system.  But, God willing, you can, and do.
Some of this story is about to be released in a national magazine.  It has been accepted, to tell the whole story, in a magazine of which I do not know the name yet, but applaud their insight into a situation that needs rectifying, at the very least.

I might add, Isaiah and CeCe's sister is still in this situation, needing to be rectified.  If you believe in prayer, please pray.  There is a mandate in this country of no child left behind.  I can testify and provide proof, that both Isaiah and CeCe were left behind, so far in fact, that it was too much for  CeCe, and the utmost test and trial for Isaiah to make it in education.  It is tough when no-one sought or even cared to realize that education counts.