Winding Down
It's definitely not the time to start celebrating but things are starting to wind down in the case of Little Man. His dad relinquished his rights several weeks ago. I'm both happy and sad about this. Sad because he didn't even try to work the case. He didn't ask to be in contact in the future. He just walked away. He genuinely showed no interest in his kids. But I also see the happiness in this because IF he hadn't, we would have had the case drug out for another year. Little Man would have so much more trauma around his father. There would have been more behaviors and therapy needed. I also see that his father knew he could never provide for the three kids. He has 3 felonies, he was getting clean, and he was in a treatment facility. He recognized that it was in the kids best interest. So I respect that. Little Man's mom is refusing to relinquish. She wants the court to work for the removal of her rights. ...