Hi S.,
My name is K., I am 25 years old, and I just recently moved to Paris, AR. Honey, I feel your pain and I know exactly what you’re going through. You are probably asking how that could be possible being that I am only 25, but I promise you, I have been there. I have been dating and am now engaged to the same person for 5 years. I have no children of my own, but he has a little girl. She just turned five, her name is Kaylee, and she is an absolute darling. It has not always been that way though. I came in the picture when she was about 9 months old and had just been taken from her mother who was addicted to crack. Kaylee, even at that young an age was showing severe signs of abandonment. She had really bad tantrums, night terrors that would scare you to death, and abused herself by hitting her head on the floor, on the wall, and smacking herself for no reason. My fiancé was in a constant state of horror and most times didn’t know how to cope with or handle the situation. I wouldn’t say I had any clue either, but I knew she had been lacking attention, nourishment, and love. She wanted nothing to do with me, but I wouldn’t give up. I loved her even when she hated me. She did things that hurt my feelings and made me feel like it was a lost cause, but I still wouldn’t give up. I knew the damage could be corrected, it would just take time. I loved her and filled her voids with all the attention and affection I could possibly give, and today, she is a perfectly healthy, normal, stable little girl. So my advice to you Susan…never give up HOPE!!