People
who know me best consider me a great escapist; I try my best to escape the
cares of this rugged world. I have had a life of trauma it seems like one thing
after another always manages to go wrong in my life. Therefore, I tend to
escape as fast as possible to my own little world of writing or jetting off in
an airplane to some strange place. There is something however, that no matter
how hard I try and close my eyes escapism is absolutely no help. I'm
speaking of the potential termination of my parental rights to my three
beautiful children. I know what you're thinking "What on earth did you do?”
I'll give you nothing; it is just what seems
to be impossible right now. My children were never hit in fact they are
quite spoiled and they love me dearly. They have never been touched Nor have I
ever touched a drug. I'm not an alcoholic either you get the idea no addiction
issues. I never even seen a court room until "the state" drug
me through this hell basically I have no criminal record either.
My ex-husband their father doesn't care what
happens to them either way so I'm left to fight alone. The state says I'm not
stable I'd had lost my job and my place on top of my little mental issue which
I've never been hospitalized or caused an interaction with my daily life.
I'm not going to disclose it as it seems like I've shared already too much.
I have a short time to try to get new place
and better income in so that I can try to win them back. It isn't likely
because the foster parent lives a different life than my own simply she has
lots more money and help than I do. The part that kills me the most is that
everyone sees me breaking my back to get them back but no one cares.
You can't tell me that I'm the only mother
out here who is struggling with problems, "Why don't they just take a semi
to all the homeless shelters and take away all the poor babies?"
It's sad to deal with and all I feel is anger. They recently stopped my visits
because the children are too emotional when I leave. They miss me simply just
want to come home I would give up all the creativity and joys of life if I
knew it was possible just to be with them again. My brain wants to escape
to a beautiful place with them filled with hills, a cottage, a beach and all
that's good in the world. This isn't possible reality is that they are
miles from me wanting to come home and I look out the window wishing I could
reach them.
A professional gave me the best advice she
said try all that can for them to get them back to the bitter end, then if it
doesn't work I would know I did all I could. I'm trying but nothing seems to be
happening fast enough, the odds are in the foster mother's favor. She suddenly
claims she wants to adopt them. It is like people have this idealism that
children should all live in this pseudo life with a picket fence with two rich
people in a Cul-De-Sac. All the falseness hidden within such a life is nothing
without real love. You can call me old fashion but I believe in a nothing is
stronger than a mother's love that carried the child for nine months. I'm
trying my best to get them that "white picket life" but these
things take time.
My children wouldn't come home to that
it would be a 3 bedroom townhouse somewhere trying to make it until mommy makes
things better for them financially. I do know that with me they may have
it a "little rougher" but never starve or be hurt. They will be the
most loved children in the world to me at least. My mind can already see the
reality I will sit on my porch alone and look at all the other struggling
mommies playing with their children. My children will be far away getting
trained on the Nazi rules of her house and buying them more objects trying to
get them to forget me.
I hope they don't....
I guess better yet I wish for a tidal wave to
change the judge’s heart on this upcoming April day. It won't happen as a
wise guy once told me "As long as you are smaller, poorer and standing alone, you
just don't beat the majority who have the resources to appear better."
The thing that hurts the most is that
people who are supposed to be "friends and family" seem to view me as
person with no freaking purpose; just like the state workers do. It is okay though I never needed to be
validated by anyone as I'm a natural loner. We have to get real there is
a lot of money tied into taking children thousands of "bonuses" for
the state also refundable adoption credits for the foster parents.
I have no idea how I'm going to deal with the trial in a little over a month
the final court date; I just know escapism isn't working.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Facebook Page review of Kazuo Ishiguro
Facebook
Page review of Kazuo Ishiguro
I
chose to review Booker prize award winning Kazuo Ishiguro author of the remains
of the day and his latest never let me go which was adapted to film. He has written several books which many of the
endings seem to have something sweetly missing. This doesn’t apply that much to
his Facebook page as it looks as he pulled out most of the stops. The page is
very clean and minimalistic in style. He doesn’t have a bunch of buy now links
or massive advertising than the typical chain of Facebook ads on the right. The
page includes multiple quotes about his novel “Never let me go” which at this
point it is arguably the most popular thanks to the big screen.
He does not have any tour dates or current new
releases which seem to be the most disheartening for such a talented writer. The
readers on his page appear to interact well with among each other there. It feels like he or his publisher should quest
to be more interactive with his readers on his page. He has a variety of
attractive professional pictures of himself almost to make him appear like a “thinking
writer” along with the philosophical quotes about his books.
Since image is a big part of anything in the public
spectrum even for writers his publicist on his page seems to market his image
as intellectual. This is good for readers because many trust or even buy from a
writer based on the image of them. This can be bias but they’ve tuned his image
to look scholarly and it works. He has a series of opinion based posts that
seem to affectionately dote on his writing which is good to likely help his
audience grow to have a “base” of readers. Another focus seems to stay with him is being
a British writer since they seem to be wildly popular here in America.
The
users often discuss his multifaceted culture; it may be beneficial to him to
post more about the places he lived etc. The reader could learn more about his
culture and heritage gives the reader a good feel of the person who’s writing
the book. This is the main thing that is missing about
his posts is that it is not personal enough as you feel you are interacting
with a bunch of quotes and not a real person. No one wants to feel as if they
are reading a robots work as that is what instruction manuals are for. Ever
notice how authors with compelling backgrounds sell? The
same principle goes here it is a very simple and nice page but it lacks the
updates and personalization to be considered an excellent page. The author
writes beautifully it just doesn’t make sense the publisher not have a Facebook
page for his reader which is frequently updated.
http://www.facebook.com/KazuoIshiguro
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Just a little poem
The clock strikes quarter past three
And the writer secretly bleeds
Locked away craving the release
She carves the muffled cries of her soul.
She pens the memories of the scars she will never show.
She writes the fantasies that shield her reality
Living in a world no one will ever know
Her beautiful years fade quickly
As she sits alone patiently waiting on the ghost.
Welcome to the Paranormal Express
This winter’s night is especially bitter so much that frost bites latch to fingertips
The shivering lowerclassmen step one by one moseying to the caboose of the train.
See the elite gentlemen decked in black zoot suits puffing the sweetness of their Cuban cigars.
They laugh heartily as the thick smoke fills the air pitying ashes on the feet of the poor.
The richest women sit prim and proper, heavily powdered faces sipping the finest tea.
Babies cradled in the arms of the elderly coo as the last whistle sounds
" Welcome we’ve been expecting you as my special guest of the "Paranormal Express "
Please relax as “Emanuel” the darkly cloaked apparition will show you your seats.
Be not afraid, he only punishes those that use forces of white light and water.
I'm Lola the smirking bodiless conductor, I’ll see that you are well taken care of.
“All aboard Madams and Messieurs”
With those last words I spoke we powered along the beginning of the end.
I’m here to take you on a voyage of writing within the genre of the paranormal.
It can be a fascinating experience to seek the unknown rather in fantasy or in our own perception of reality.
Here you will find a variety of stories, information, thought provoking ideologies, and updates to my exciting life as an aspiring paranormal writer.
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