I'm not doing a very good job of making regular entries, am I? There does not seem to be a lot new the last week and I'm not sure there is any value in repeating the same concerns over and over again.
CPS held their 6 month "permanency" meeting last week. Everyone is amazed at how well Grace is doing. The only piece she is lacking to get custody back is to get a place of her own. She's been too picky to even look at the clean and sober houses - she peeked at one a couple months ago and turned up her nose. Now it crisis and she's stressing, but still not making the necessary calls.
She could be doing more behind the scenes that I'm not aware of. It sounds like she is checking email at least daily now. Besides, it's not my battle to fix or to worry over.
She loses the funding for the methadone if she doesn't get custody of Melody by the end of February. She said tonight that she heard about a program called 'financial methadone' I think. The goal is to take the person down gradually on a set schedule so they don't go through major withdrawals. She said she emailed her CPS case worker to see if they would fund it... seems like a long shot to me but at least she's taking the initiative and trying to find her own answers.
I feel bad that we won't let her move back here, but at the same time I know deep inside it would be the wrong thing. She has to learn how to survive on her own. The methadone has given her hope; she can stabilize, she can function, she can think and feel and make good decisions. Now she has to use those skills to take the next step.
So I'll keep watching, praying, waiting, caring for Melody and helping a bit.... and hoping beyond hope that she can keep climbing out of the hole she's dug for herself.
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