And on the B Side -
Aug. 25th, 2008 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgFour years ago she seemed to have it all. A good job. Two little girls she loved. And a newly renovated home in Roseville for the three of them to enjoy.
On Thursday, however, Sylvia Sieferman, 60, sat alone, a knife in front of her, bleeding heavily from her neck. Police said she was near the front steps of the family's new home in Roseville, about a half-mile from the one they apparently could no longer afford, yelling to police officers: "Kill me! Kill me!"
Single parent, recently relocated to a new home because she couldn't afford the one they had - two months after discharge for fears of wanting to harm her kids.
Nobody knew.
And I'll bet nobody else would have heard about it except she'd adopted her children.
..
This makes me sad in places few things can reach - but at the same time, I know. You think there will be help - and in all honesty, in the beginning, there is. But when it REALLY gets down to the rubber meeting the road...you're on your own. And our current culture just thinks that's peachy.
Nebraska wants to enable anyone to relinquish their kids to the system, up to the age of 19. Would someone like to explain to me where the support system for that is?
Because there's a family in pieces in Minnesota right now that could have used it.
On Thursday, however, Sylvia Sieferman, 60, sat alone, a knife in front of her, bleeding heavily from her neck. Police said she was near the front steps of the family's new home in Roseville, about a half-mile from the one they apparently could no longer afford, yelling to police officers: "Kill me! Kill me!"
Single parent, recently relocated to a new home because she couldn't afford the one they had - two months after discharge for fears of wanting to harm her kids.
Nobody knew.
And I'll bet nobody else would have heard about it except she'd adopted her children.
..
This makes me sad in places few things can reach - but at the same time, I know. You think there will be help - and in all honesty, in the beginning, there is. But when it REALLY gets down to the rubber meeting the road...you're on your own. And our current culture just thinks that's peachy.
Nebraska wants to enable anyone to relinquish their kids to the system, up to the age of 19. Would someone like to explain to me where the support system for that is?
Because there's a family in pieces in Minnesota right now that could have used it.
