This week at work, I had to remove four young children from their home (I didn't get home till 11pm-really fun time). The children lived with five adult family members in a small town house that was kept in terrible condition. I've been working with this family for months trying to get them to get this place cleaned up. Monday I arrived for a scheduled visit and found cockroaches, human feces and rotten food (You knew I was coming and couldn't take two seconds to clean up the poop?). It was a hard decision, but ultimately the children needed to be in a safe place. Hopefully this will be the wake up call for the parents to finally get a safe place for their children.
Anyway, days like this put life into perspective and make me appreciate what I have. I'm grateful for a mom who taught me how to clean! I'm grateful for parents who would always do anything to keep me safe. I'm grateful for a husband who puts family before everything and someday will be an awesome father. And most of all I'm grateful for the knowledge that even though no family is perfect, we are all given chances to be better children/spouses/siblings/parents and live with our family forever. Please take a moment and thank a family member today!!
4 comments:
Your job would not be easy, but I'm glad that you're there to help those kids that need it.
That really was a great message. NO family is perfect, but I know any good attribute I have I owe to my family.
Thanks for the reminder!
Amen sister! I love you!
Sad that it had to go that way, but good choice on the kids behalf. nice meaningful message. I too am thankful for our fam and that your a part of it. good work.
sometimes goverment jobs are rewarding in other ways! Keep up the good work. We need good people like you, out there looking out for those who can't. Sam C.
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