Help A Single Mom Get Her Daughter Back

My name is Kim. I am Momma to Lorelei, a precious 8 year-old little girl. I am a lot of other things, too: a sister, an aunt, a friend, a physically-limited but very hard worker. But in all things, in every way, I am mostly Momma. My daughter is my entire world, and yet I barely get to be with her.

Why?

That’s a long story, but the short answer is this: because I can’t afford an attorney. We’re divorced, and our custody agreement was done over 2 years ago, but only a court can force him to comply with it. For over 2 years, I’ve had Lorelei for only a few hours each week. Imagine… I have a bedroom for her in my little home, but she’s never spent the night.

I work two jobs, and I’ve been saving money, but it’s never enough. I should be spending weekends with her. I should be waking her up in the morning, making her breakfast, and combing her hair before school. I should be throwing her birthday parties. But instead, I get invited to her birthday party. Instead, I find out she’s been to the doctor after the fact. Instead, I learn she’s been enrolled in school, teams, and camps, all after the fact. Why? When all of this violates our decree?

Because he can.

Because I can’t afford to fight or to take time off work. I’m losing precious days with her. Am I perfect? No. But I’m an honest, loving, committed mother who lives every moment for Lorelei.

I just need help enforcing our decree. It shouldn’t take hiring a lawyer, because it’s all on paper, it’s already official. But this is what it will take. Otherwise, I may never get to tuck my girl in.

Never make her breakfast.

Never throw her a birthday party.

Never get to be the Momma I want to be.

And that means Lorelei misses out on truly having her Momma in her life.

Forever and always grateful,

Kim