RECAP
1975: Child Protection Law was mandated by the Federal government on October 1st.
1978: Jim represented my mother in her divorce proceedings. Child Protection Law was an infant less than 3 years old. They made a decision in the quiet of his office that would hurl me onto the difficult path that I now know was my destiny.
1978: Jim represented my mother in her divorce proceedings. Child Protection Law was an infant less than 3 years old. They made a decision in the quiet of his office that would hurl me onto the difficult path that I now know was my destiny.
1992: Jim became my defense attorney.
2011: Late October and my realization - my extreme drift to a horrific low realizing they didn't do enough. What it meant when Jim said, 'I know who you are. You're the daughter!'
2012: Do I ask Jim if that's why he helped me? I think so. I know the answer. And I learned early in life, don't ask a question, unless you really want to know the answer, that's a story for another night. But I need to ask... Not everyone gets a second chance to redeem themselves for being silent when action was required.
As I write these words and reflect on the 20 page Child Protection Law I'm reading in preparation for the road ahead, tears streaming, many years later, a case of unfathomable child sexual abuse is being documented and reported.
As I write these words and reflect on the 20 page Child Protection Law I'm reading in preparation for the road ahead, tears streaming, many years later, a case of unfathomable child sexual abuse is being documented and reported.