Kelly

I was out there a long time. I was using off and on for 25 years. It began when I was trying to fit in with the other kids but my addiction got very bad. The bottom for me was I when I was 7 months into a pregnancy and I was using. I started telling God that I was tired. I delivered the baby who was positive for methamphetamine. They took the baby from me right from the hospital. That automatically made me shut down.

Later I got into the Salvation Army shelter with my 3 kids but was kicked out after two weeks. I could not keep in touch with my CPS officer who thought that I had run off with my kids. One night at an Alameda Shelter the police came and took my kids. That night was the worst night of my life.

Now, I had to be really strong for my kids. My kids are still in foster care. They come back to me on February 18th . One of the reasons I will be able to have them is because I was accepted at Sankofa House.

If not, I would have to be without them another 6 months.

I don't blame anybody for the things I went through.

God gave me a second chance to get my kids back, and I going full speed ahead, I am on a different kind of mission now. It's an honor for me to be given a chance to be at Sankofa House.

My future plans include getting my 3 year old twins into preschool. I want to get my GED because I want to go back to college for drug and alcohol counseling or to work with children.

I was out there a long and have been through so much, people tried to put doors up to stop me but I kept knocking them down. So to other families, I say, "Never Give Up."

I want to thank God and the women at Sankofa House and to Pam Glassoff for helping me get in.

Kelly

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