I broke my little toe recently when we were in Chicago. It’s amazing how much one little toe can hurt and alter the things you do, the way you walk.
On Tuesday the weather was lovely in Chicago. Justin suggested we go to a park with Lukas.
“Grandma, do you think if we park here you can walk to the park with your broken toe?”
I told him that it was getting better and that, yes, that would be fun.
Lukas said he didn’t think he could make it because he too had a broken toe. He decided that the toe next to the big toe was broken like Grandma’s toe and he was limping.
I told him that kisses would make it feel better, not fixed, but better, so that we could both walk on our broken toes to play in the park.
And that’s what we did. I guess there’s magic in Grandma kisses, because you’d never know that little boy had a broken toe.
Justin is convinced that I am his favorite person. I think I’m his second favorite person, right after Daddy.
When you spend three days a week with anyone for eight months you bond. He loves me so much that he wanted a broken toe like Grandma’s. He tries to walk like me. He repeats every word I say and he imitates my cadence.
This morning at 9:00 Justin has yet another Zoom hearing.
Her attorney is of course ordering that Justin is a horrible human being with severe mental issues and that he presents a danger to Lukas. Since July, the pile of lies they’ve pedaled has grown and the useless guardian ad litem has bought into it hook, line, and sinker. I guess facts don’t matter in family court.
We are praying that some sanity happens and Justin will be able to be with his son without supervision. After that he will be able to get her lawyer, the guardian, and the psychologist deposed and then they can go to court and get to some type of equitable custody settlement.
If they are still as obtuse and evil as it appears, the next best thing is to continue the three days visitation with supervision so that Justin sees his son.
What could happen is that the judge will decide that since Justin has not yet found a doctorate level therapist to babysit us during supervised visits, to the tune of $125.00 an hour, he will not be able to see his son at all. Which means Gary and I will not be able to see him. So this beautiful little boy will lose his dad and the people he loves the most because some vindictive person can destroy Justin.
I’ve been up a lot of the night praying. But I also know that God says yes, no, and wait.
I’ll let you know the result of the less than ten-minute hearing once I find out.
Thank you for praying for Justin. Thank you to those of you who have donated to his GoFundMe.
It’s because of all of you that I am hanging on to hope.
If you’d like to learn more about Justin and Lukas, here is the link. Please feel free to share it around the world. Every donation no matter how small brings us closer to finding the truth and normalizing this little boy’s life.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-justins-custody-battle-for-lukas-aw4ex
