Betrayed

I'm pissed and I'm not going to hold back on this post. That won't surprise those of you who know me well, but for the rest of you....be prepared!!!!!

I've known all of my adult life that our foster care and protective custody systems are broken. I've seen this broken system fail child after child. But, I've never had to stand by and watch it betray and utterly fail two little girls I love with a passion. To make a very long story short, the previous social worker involved with the girls case basically decided she was too busy to do her job and punted the case to an adoption specialist without doing her job. The most critical thing she decided not to do was document ANY of the issues with grandma. None of the court order violations during visitations or the subsequent cancellation of her visits was documented. None. And this woman gets paid to do this job, mind you. So, the adoption case worker is obligated BY LAW to start ALL OVER with the grandmother. Today, she was awarded temporary custody of the girls. They will return to the very place they were abused in unfathomable ways. In my mind, there is no worse betrayal. Our system has failed. Miserably. And broken quite a few hearts along the way. EPIC FAILURE in the truest sense of the term.