Being separated from your children would feel like losing a part of yourself. You could not function in the same way again. Learning how to survive and cope with the daily pain and sense of profound loss is not something you can prepare yourself for. I am a mother in absentia and have had to significantly adapt to my new role. I cannot cook healthy meals for my children, bath them or read them bedtime stories as before. Instead, I spend my childless time mustering the energy and resources to expend in our limited time together. My mission now is to cram our visits with as much love, fun, laughter and security so that they leave with positive happy memories of their Mama and want to return. Seeing how eagerly they run to me at the beginning of each visit and how their faces light up when our eyes meet reassures me that I’ve succeeded and fills me with hope that one day this dark cloud will clear. We may have been denied justice but nobody can deny our love for one another. A woman named Kelly Myzner suffered daily from a very similar case. Helping her hire an attorney that helped me win my custody battle was rewarding but unfortunately during this process she is still struggling on a daily basis.

~Member of "Save Penina's Children' Charity