Hello, my name's Dayla!

I'm a 24-year-old mother fighting with everything I have to bring my daughters, who are 6 and 4, back home where they belong. Home to their mommy who has not once forgotten, given up fighting, or stopped loving them!!! Please stick around until the end!

Two years ago, I was living in COMPLETE survival mode and had been for years…

Dealing with mental, emotional, sexual, and physical abuse. I tried my hardest to protect my daughters and stay strong, to hold myself together. It was dark. Those were some of the HARDEST years of my life. In the midst of all my pain, conservatorship was granted to their paternal great-grandparents — people with wealth, influence, and resources I simply didn’t have…

At the time, I didn’t have the strength or the legal support to defend myself, but I have not given up. I’ve spent every day learning, unlearning, growing, and working on myself and working HARD to become the strongest, most stable version of myself, a mom Ella and Avery deserve. And it has not been easy. And though my healing journey might not be over, my babies need their mommy, and I need my babies.

Even though I now have shared custody on paper, I’m often denied the chance to talk to or see my daughters. I’ve followed every step the court has laid out for me, done the work to rebuild my life, and proven that I am the loving, capable mother the girls have always known. But love doesn’t hire an attorney. And love can’t help you win in court. Money does.

And unfortunately, I don’t have that kind of money... nothing like their great-grandparents do.

I’m doing everything to fight for my two BEAUTIFUL girls who deserve to be with their mother. They deserve my hugs, our morning cuddles, our adventures, my encouragements, my support! They deserve their mom. And I deserve the chance to be their mom.

My girls need me. They are lost, confused, and at times so frustrated. My babies deserve more than this. They deserve to heal too!! They need their mommy to do that.

There isn’t a moment I don’t think about my girls. I miss their laughs, their silly stories, their beautiful singing voices, their questions, their silly jokes!!

I’m completely terrified of missing any more moments. I’ve already lost SO much. They’re growing up fast and I’m fighting so hard not to be left behind.

Please, if you can help me get full custody of my babies!

Even if not financially, I need your support! Your prayer! Anything you can share.

A thought, a message!

Any little bit helps and is appreciated more than words can ever explain.

To finally get justice against what the paternal family has done to me and my daughters within these last 6 years… would TRULY feel like a breath of fresh air I’ve been missing for years! Every donation brings me one step closer to being able to stand up in court with the representation I need to get back my life with my daughters, and the life they and I have been yearning for since the day we got separated.

I’m not perfect by ANY means. But I won’t stop fighting to be better every single day. I AM a mother who loves her children with everything she has. I HAVE grown.

I AM ready to be the mom they deserve — because I always was.

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to even just read this. It means everything to me.

- Dayla.