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“I know it’s a weird dynamic that most people don’t understand. For four years, I was raising her kids completely. When you’re in addiction, you wreak — her words — ‘havoc’ on everyone in your life and everyone connected to you. “Everything she did we always took personally, because it was hard not to. I always just let her know that, even though I didn’t agree with how she was living, I told her, ‘When you are ready to do this, I’ll be there and your kids will be there.’ They deserved that chance to know their mom, even when she didn’t deserve that.” The devoted stepmom kept her word, showing up to court hearings, tending to the children of both women and teaching her how to mother her own children when she made her way back. “When she asked me to be part of this project, I felt like it was a way to show other addicts in recovery that, first of all, recovery is possible,” she said. “But also that you can create relationships with your family again and be back in their lives. And this was a good way for her to right some of the wrong. I’m really excited for her to do this. It’s helping our family as much as it will help others.” She added, “She has a big heart, and I’m just happy to see her get back to who she is.” To receive help or to adopt a family, email the women at santas.angels2020@gmail.com n
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