Part II

We finally pieced together the history of my two little daughter's biological family.

The mother was a nice looking girl about 23 years old. She was addicted to painkillers and living in an old van under an overpass with her daughters. She would prostitute herself in the back of the van with the girls in the front seat. She would screw for xanex pills of all things. The girls were on a diet of big red soda served in a dirty baby bottle. Apparently the sugared soda kept them quiet.

Somebody reported this woman and the girls were immediately taken away. The mother was arrested on drug charges and ordered to clean up her life and take the mandated steps to get her children back. The girls were sent to live with the grandmother who lived in a dilapidated apartment on the west side.

Another cousin from another addict brother was living there as well. This 9 year old cousin was watching the oldest girl when she went out on the second story balcony and fell or was pushed to the parking lot below. She was treated for a concussion and a busted spleen.

Needless to say, the state took the girls away once more and sent them to live with a great aunt. This aunt lived in a garden shed with no electricity and running water. Of course the state didn't investigate and just signed the girls over to her.

The biological mother had not completed her parenting classes or received drug treatment and the state had lost track of her. She picked up the girls and took them back to the grandmothers house and lived there with them, drinking and doing drugs all the while.

The state allowed the girls to stay there until Christmas when they were to be handed off and put back into the system.

The Social worker arrived on Christmas day to take the girls back into care. the family put up a fight and the whole lot of them were arrested.

The only things the social worker was able to get that belonged to the oldest girl was her red jacket. The youngest was only able to keep a dirty rag doll. Since it was Christmas, the police officers dug around and gave the girls a couple of stuffed animals. The oldest would not take off her jacket even to sleep. She kept her meager possessions packed at all times so that she wouldn't lose what little she had left.

Since the girls were infested with lice and other vermin their hair was shaved and they were treated for malnutrition. They both had major dental surgery to extract and cap their rotted teeth.

This is when the girls went to live with Jackie the foster cow.

Next installment: Adjusting to their new permanent home and family.