Hi everyone,
I don't know if you remember our Johnny Cash Baby, Mase (born September 12th, 2009) but we just lost him yesterday.
His mother used him (like her other three children) as her ticket to food and a house through welfare.
Her other three boys were already taken away from her, one lives with his father, while the other two live in foster care, she will not get them back.

Devin (Mase's father, my uncle) is in jail right now for violating probation. But the chance's of Mase not being able to live with his "mother" were very high, and she was supposed to sign a paper giving full custody of him to Grandma, she never did that, and her idiot lawyer said that that paper wasn't enough, and basically put it in her head not to sign it at all.
Since there was no paper giving leagal custody to Grandma, he was taken yesterday by CYS.
Grandma said she will fight as long as it takes to get him back, no matter how long it takes.

Please, pray that she is able to get him back soon, this whole situation has torn us all apart, Kerry and Grandma and I and everyone close to him can't even think straight because of this, I fully believe this is far worse than even having a death in the family. He isn't supposed to be with stangers, he's supposed to be with us, his family, who loves and cares about him more than anything.
This is his "mother"s fault because all she did was use him, she never cared about him, if she did she would have signed those papers the first (out of dozens) time Grandma even mentioned it!

Please, we need help. I can't pray for him, because my prayers never work, not for anyone.

Hi Kaitie,

I'm so sorry to hear about it. Hope your grandma will get the baby back again soon. Every baby needs somebody who loves him and as I see in your story, your grandmother is better for the baby than his mother. Hope everything will have a good end.

Kaitie: This is a dreadful situation - the worst.
Unfortunately lawyers often give bad advice and judges
often ignore the needs of the child to be with a relative he or she knows well.

I have to hurry off right now, but it is very important to get proof how well grandma can take care of the child and how attached the child is to its family and how detrimental for its development it is to be removed from its loving family.

If necessary, one has to go and fight for this on a daily basis. I don't know the court system in your country, but it is very important to make daily representations, not to become too emotive but just stick to the bare facts and show proof that one is fully capable and willing to provide adequate care for the child in question.

You are all in my thoughts and I pray for a good outcome soon.

Kaitie, prayer is all about working together in a positive spirit.

I'll pray WITH you.

Kaitie, praying for you and your family.

Love,

Linda

Dubya B good advice . it is very important to teach ourself the lesson you gave Kaitie.

Kaitie you can pray honey I used to feel as you do but then I learned God hears my prayers and he hears yours.

Blessings to you and your wonderful grandmother may the little one be home with you soon where he belongs.

Kaitie, thinking of you.

VaCashFan

THANK YOU

Everyone who prayed and kept our little Mase in your thoughts, thank you so very much!

The hearing was today. The foster-care mother has called Grandma every single day, and she and Pap pap were able to visit him last weekend. There is another hearing Wednesday and the social worker told the foster-care mother to bring all of his clothes and toys because she is very confident that Grandma will be bringing him home!!!!!!!!!!!


Thank you all, but please, until he is safely back with us, keep him in your prayers.

Yay !!!!! Great News !!!!


I'll continue to pray "with" you.

(See, I learned something from Dubya B., too.)


VaCashFan

Kaitie: more the outcome of your particular problem was closest to my heart and I really hope that all goes well and the little one will soon be back within the family fold!
Love, Suzanne

Prayer going up here.