Reuniting a mother with her children

My name is Lindsay, and I am a 31 year old mother to 2 beautiful children, I have been a stay at home mom for 10 years, and had the pleasure of being a full time step mom for 8 years. 

In April of 2021, I finally found the courage to leave my marriage with my children's father, due to infidelity and addictions, to give myself and my children a better life, and truly what they deserve. Upon seperation, I remained in our marital home, taking care of all 3 of our children, including my bonus daughter from his previous relationship, while facing the challenges of seperation with my children alone. I immediately enrolled into a two year training program to better my education so that I could insure and secure financial stability for my children and myself moving forward on my own. In June 2022, my children's father asked me to leave our marital home, for it to be sold and our family property to be split equally between us, so both of us could move on and guarantee a fresh start. With trust, that is exactly what I did. I moved into a small rental home in the same town, with all three of our children under false pretenses, as a few weeks later he moved back into our vacant matrimonial home, still to this day not sold.

Coincidently that same month after our move, I took extremely physically ill, as I was battling repercussions of having covid twice within a short time span, developing severe neurological reactions to nearly everything with no answers. With full agreement and trust, my children's father agreed to take on the full time caregiver to our children while I worked through the causes, my health needs and challenges so that I could fully recover, without affecting our children's mental and emotional well-being, so I can be the healthy, active mother that they deserve.

While going through the most heartbreaking and difficult days of my life, my children's father and his family hired an expensive lawyer behind my back, pulling the rug out from beneath me. 

The deceptions began to his high paid lawyer, the courts and on all legal documents he filed against me, claiming that I had completely abandoned my children and never to be seen again. Which was the farthest from the truth. With that devastation, even at this point in time with all of the evidence and proof, countless hours of legal fees, I am still left here fighting to be with my children, and fighting to secure an equitable future for us, as he is financially holding me hostage, disallowing me to move forward. I have been trying to keep my head above water over the course of the last 7 months of being drug through the mud, as my divorce has been extremely painful and ugly. My legal representation wanted to end my case more than to advocate and help me fight for the truth and what is fair to my children and myself so that I can move forward with my life and right now I am on the verge of losing everything, including the most priceless of all, my time with my children.

With little to no support, This has left me living out of my car and being a guest in others home when available, and still fighting for and to be with my children and trying to take care of them with everything that I currently have. I am so grateful to have the time that I do with my children, although it is heartbreaking and painful for all of us because our visits are so short. This has been a long and very difficult journey. It has been a double edged sword with most government assistance, because I chose to go back to school and they are unable to help me until I have my children in my care atleast 50/50, but I need a home and space of our own to obtain my parental role as Mom again before they can consider helping. On top of everything, I am now trying to obtain a lawyer that will fight for my rights, advocate and protect my future with my children, as my legal representation withdrew from my case last week, leaving this situation unprotected and me extremely vulnerable. 

I am creating this gofundme from my heart because my children are my entire universe, and I am desperate and in need of support.  My heart and soul would absolutely explode with gratitude to receive outside support, or resources to help reunite me back with my children, permanently.

Each donation will be going towards

• Combat my current legal fees and to help with costs to obtain a lawyer that will fight for my children and for what is legally fair to us.  
• Securing a home and safe space for me and my children, so that I can give them the love and care that they deserve while going through this difficult process.
• Allowing me to work through my practicum, so that I can insure a solid foundation and secure financial stability for me and my family 
• Most importantly it will be going toward priceless time with my children, hugs, laughs and cuddles and being able to start our life over together as a family. 

Thank you from the depths of my heart for taking the time to read my story, allowing me the space, and time to share in hopes this reaches those who would be willing or able to offer support or resources 

 

With love and gratitude,