It has been three and a half months since my husband and I have seen my stepdaughter. Every day gets harder. As more time passes, the more often I find myself looking through her drawers and her closets just to feel her presence. While shopping, we rarely leave a store without something we have picked up for my stepdaughter, and the presents that she did not receive on Christmas OR her birthday can only be re-arranged in so many ways.
Ten days from today, we'll have attended a motion hearing to get placement of my stepdaughter. I want people to understand, more than anything, that she is my one and only concern when it comes to this custody case. My only wish in this is to walk away knowing that this precious child is being cared for properly. I know the reputation that surrounds cases where a man is trying to get custody of their child; most of the time parents are simply fighting for control, fighting for a child out of spite for the other parent. I beg you to hear me when I say this: I only want my stepdaughter to be safe and happy. Is it too much to ask her mother to get this 8 year old child out of diapers? Is it too much to ask her mother to remove this child from the home of a abusive man. Her protection is the only reason her father and I began this "battle," and believe me, I know her mother will fight us the whole way.
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