Taking it public!

[reach4thestars86]

I'm sick and tired of being "Silent" so to speak. It's not in me, as a mom, to not do anything. Yes, me and my lawyer are taking it to trial which is in 3 weeks but that's not enough. I need to do a lot more because my kids deserve it. I will start out in my town (Modesto,Ca) and work my way through this entire county (Stanislaus) and then take it to the California capital. I will contact every newspaper, tv/radio show, goverment official at state level, agency, etc. I will provide the detention report, my objections and corrections letter, pictures, dvds, proof/facts/evidence, letters written on my behalf, statements from professionals, etc etc etc. I will have my story be submitted on the front page of the newspaper. I will call countless people and if they don't reply back, I will GO to them! I will not stop until they take action, along with me, to have justice be served. I will try my hardest to have new laws passed. Where it will have to be mandated by LAW for EVERY SINGLE CPS WORKER to HAVE to contact an AUTISM SPECIALIST (or any specialist in regards to a childs specific diagnosis) to be contacted and to come to the home BEFORE they remove the kids. Before they make a determination that it's neglect when it could very well be a safety measure the parent had to take. When this is done, it will save hundreds..if not thousands..of kids from being taken illegaly from loving families. There will be a law that MUST require a special needs advocate be appointed if their is a special needs child in the case. Because special needs children need to have a voice, a voice from someone who is a specialist in that area because special needs kids, need special circumstances before rulings made by the court. Made by people who have NO KNOWLEDGE in the childs diagnosis!!! Tomorrow will mark the day where I start this journey. This fight. By the time trial comes, I will have the hallway PACKED of people that are willingly to speak on me and my kids behalf. So many people where the baliff himself will lose count of them halfway through. My kids will come back home. I will have tooo much under my belt and with me at trial to decide otherwise. I need and will walk into that court room when the trial comes and know my kids will be returned home immedietly after the trial and not have a ratio but a guarantee. Why? Because of my kids and that I have always been innocent and NEVER neglected my kids!! My kids are my life. They are the reason why I breath. I will go to the ends of the earth for them and will not stop this fight. Starting tomorrow, I will take this to public and move it statewide. If cps doesn't like it, tuff shit. To them this is a job but these are my kids lives that are at state. I'm not F'ing around this time!!! They didn't consider how I felt when they took my kids so I will not give a damn if this pisses them off. It's not them who decides.It's the judge.

[reach4thestars86]

If anyone wants to join me or add me on facebook just type in my name, tiffany pritchett, and message me on it letting me know ur sn on here.i have two accounts on facebook. One is active, the other is not. Add the one with a little boy smiling in the profile pic. Thats my son who has autism.

[reach4thestars86]

Ps. Tigress..i used to live in pa. I lived in a little town called scranton, pa. I was there primarily for training horses. Was 18 yrs old. Moved there from ca all by myself. All my family lives in ca. But yea. Just a little info. Ca people know nothing about cold weather until they lived on the east coast during the winter. Lol. I learned the hard way.

[Dazeemay]

There are times we have to know that our enemy is stronger than we are and I believe that if Senator Nancy Schaefer lost her life doesn't it tell one that the powers that be are stronger than us.

I have been only battling this for 5 yrs but, in that time I have observed that the ones who went to battle in the media etc. did not win their cases. CPS came on them stronger and they battled longer to get their children back and some never did win. They have actually taken cases that did media coverage against them and did a turn about on media coverage with them being the "savior" of the, quote/ unquote, child/children of the parent/s who went to the media hoping such coverage would wake the world up.

I have seen where large groups have gone to DC protesting and come home defeated.

Linda had a petition site going and thousands signed up to no avail.

Tigress it looks like you are winning doing what you are doing but, for Reach to do this with the lives of 3 babies at stake I personally feel she is headed in the wrong direction.

[angelheart83]

The enemy is very strong right now and especially has the power of public opinion. Most people are only aware of the horror stories that revolve around CPS leaving children in unsafe birth-parent families. Most people don't realize that CPS is MORE likely to interfere when it's NOT needed, and that this hurts children too. And they are also hesitant to believe other truths about CPS because they want to feel "moderate", etc. I believe that we are making headway in helping people see the truth, but it tends to happen one person at a time. It's hard to win everyone over right away. In short, there is so much resistance to teaming up against CPS, especially in the media, and that's not likely to change soon.

It may be more effective to file a lawsuit. I don't know if you should do this before you have your children back. It may be safer to wait until you get them back. If more and more people start suing for wrongful removal and Constitutional violations, all the precedents will eventually curb many of CPS' most harmful tactics...at least in theory.

I definitely agree that CPS should be required to know more about a child's disability before assuming that the parents are negligent. They also need to be taught that parents have the right to make decisions for their children, even if there is some risk involved, and that it doesn't automatically matter if some random government agent disagrees!

[reach4thestars86]

Yes, Daezmay, it's risky. But if I cared about risk I would not be taking this to trial. I would not be fighting this like I am. As mothers, we would die for our kids. I'm going to see my kids tomorrow. I will see the bright smiles on their faces. But then I will see my son. Knowing he isn't happy. Walking so quietly with his head down sometimes. I call his name and he looks up at me. hIS EYes say everything. So dark with no life. I know he is scared and he hurts so bad. I know he misses me and his siblings so much! I hug him so tight with tears streaming down my cheeks. When I say goodbye, he gives me a kiss on the cheek. The hardest thing to do is let go of his hand knowing he is going back to a home where he isnt loved. he runs to the right, away from his dad (a dad that was never envolved and never cared) and his dad forces him back. As I wait for the bus, I see them walking out of the office. Holding my son like some rag doll. My son then looks at me with such a sad expression on his face. It just KILLS me!! He is my baby boy, my first born. I don't care what statistics are with people taking their cases to the media. My kids deserve this! I look back at the family we used to be, before cps ripped them from my arms. I look back at all the laughter and love we all had. That's what keeps me going in times where I feel I have no strength left. I remember the days where I picked up my son and daughter from daycare. My son would be waiting for me, by the door, with his face pressed against the glass. When he saw me, he got sooo excited and started jumping up and down with a big smile on his face. I came in his room "the toddler section" and he urged me to pick him up by raising his arms. I say, "go get your jacket" and he runs to get it! We then go get his sister that's in the "infant section". She just started walking at this point. Right when she sees me, she has the biggest smile on her face and started crawling sooo fast to the gate where I was. It kills me to look back at the memories we used to share but it's the only thing I have left to hold on to until I get them back. Like I saw on the Angry Juror tonight. The attorneys husband said, "If he is innocent, the truth is out there". I will get my kids back right after this trial! Instead of saying that dreadful goodbye I will be saying goodnight. I don't care what it takes. Justice will be served and the truth will be upheald! Now, let me tell you a little bit about my past. What no one knows..atleast on this site.


Now I know, for many people, taking their case to the media did more harm than good. But, like that ONE cps worker that care enough to work under the tables and save my life, I can change that. Now I can't change the world. I know that. But I can take this case, my story, to the highest level! I can get laws passed on behalf of special needs children. I don't care how far I have to go or how high I have to climb. these are my babies! They are the reason why I breath. They are the reason why I am here today! I will not leave until something is done! Now, I have a stack full of papers beside me. Each packet has my kids pictures on it. That's the first thing that I will lay on their desk and I will name each of my kids because they are not a case number. I will not leave their office until some action is taken. I will go to the local newspaper and will not leave until my story is on the front page. Spreading this through my county is just the beginning. Afterwards, I'm taking it up to state level. I will call every tv show, radio show, newspaper, etc etc until justice is upheald and the truth be told! I already have a few Autism agencies behind me. I don't care if I have to post my story on every building, restaraunt, bus stop, wall, etc. I will even post it on the outside of the court house. I will even ask the baliff to give it to my judge if I have too. By the time trial comes, I will have an army of people behind me. The hallway will be packed of people willingly to speak on me and my kids behalf. My kids need to come home and if this is what it takes then so be it. my kids deserve it! I look back and remember their smiles, the memories, and now their cries. Not knowing if mommy is going to come back. At my last visit, I put my daughter into her carseat. With tears wealding up in my eyes, I kissed her goodbye. I told her how much I loved her and she kissed me back. The hardest part was hearing her crying as I walked away. It KILLED me!!! It was soo hard to breathe because I was crying so hard! Yes, it's risky but I have to do it for my kids! I never neglected them! I was only protecting my son! You know, what the professionals advised me to do! If cps would have done their damn research they would have known that and this all could have been prevented! But no..its too late. They took this too far and now I'm going to do the same. After I'm done taking this through my county, I will move it up to state level.

With ending this comment, I will leave you with this quote..

"Don't be afraid to go where you've never gone && do what you've never done. Because both are necessary to have what you've never had and be who you've never been."

[Dazeemay]

I am sorry if I made you angry or upset.

[reach4thestars86]

Lol. Why would you make me angry or upset? I love you too much to ever be angry at you. You were just stating the facts about what happened to other people that tried this. Thats nothing to get angry about. If anything im upset not only about whats happening with my situation but how I cant keep anything down. How my body cant even go 10 min without puking. Im so weak and pale. This is exactly how it was with my last one and it not only confuses me but pisses me off and worries me. If i have not had enough to deal with already...but no. I would neverbe mad or upset with u. Love u too much.

[Dazeemay]

I had only 2 hrs sleep when I wrote that. Went to bed at 2 a. m. woke up at 4 due to to much caffeine which I normally don't drink in the evening.

Told my daughter you were upset when I got up later in the morning and she read it and told me I needed to reread it. After I fully woke up I reread it and realized I was brain dead when I posted it.

[reach4thestars86]

Its ok. Lol. I understand.

[TDD84]

The cps worker called my grandmother one day and said what she was going to do COULD NOT be spoken of as she could lose her job. That very same day..I am at the bus station with my bags packed (mom never knew). the cps worker then handed me money with the tickets and said, "Just go!". At my destination..there she was...my grandmother. I cried so hard and hugged her for so long! That one cps worker cared enough to pay money out of her pocket, pick me up and drive me to the bus station to do what she knew was right..even though it could have cost her her job. She saved my life.

This sort of thing is why I wanted to be a CPS worker, and this sort of SW is how they all should be. Leave harmless and even dysfunctional families intact (some may need assistance or even services, but rarely do the kids actually need to leave), but rescue those children who are seriously in jeopardy. I'm sorry for all that happened to you.