Support and prayers provided, Arfie, that is absolutely *ugh* on several levels.

I’m sorry Arfie
Sending support, prayers & love
Gentlest of hugs <3

Double ouch.

And total support.

triple hugs of support and many prayers, arfie.

Arrived at the urban homestead without incident, in a reasonable state of mind. I think. Only ES is here and it is very quiet. Is it funny that I can't always get an accurate feel for my current state of mind until I interact with somebody? The chemistry of interaction changes my state of mind almost instantly.

Tomorrow I make another longish drive to the other end of the metropolis where the GKs and the other grandparents live. Life willing, we will be back on the farm tomorrow afternoon.

Prayers in progress.

Support and prayers on their way. ♥️

Lots of support and prayers Arfie. You are a great grannie and the kids are lucky to have you. x

Support and prayers in progress, arfie!

Hugs Arfie, hopefully you get some quality time with the GK.

hope you made ut back to the farm without any issues arfie. continued prayers and hugs of support

Thanks again, guys.

The cell phone rang as I was passing through the nearest town to the farm. It was a new caseworker in the Child Protective Services, insisting they needed to see the children today. He had no info on where the parental units were in their legal shuffle, but he needed to confirm the children were safe and okay.

Thankfully, I didn't need to turn around and repeat the 3 hour drive. He is currently contacting an associate in this area to visit the farm and check on them.

I had breakfast with Daddy this morning. He was in a sorrowful state. I left him at a bus stop to head toward downtown to try to discern where Mama is in the judicial system this morning.

The GKs don't seem to be overly aware of any of this. Just another farm visit. They surely do love it up here.

Well, just it all. . . Why can't life be that simple for all of us?

yay just another farm visit is perfect and yes why cant it be just a for all of life hugs

This is tragic.... I am so very sorry for all of you..... Gentle hug and a blessing for all concerned......xo

Oh, Arfie... Huge puma power to you, and the GKs, and thank goodness that they seem to accept this as just another visit to the farm, and let the rest of it stay away from their awareness...

Peace to you and yours

The CPS contact popped by without the preliminary phone call late yesterday afternoon. Those surprise visits thoroughly offend so many, but I believe they are effective for seeing past the pretense of scheduled visits. I believe it went as well as anything in this tragic chain can go. The visiting social worker was not aware that this case already had an open file, but she was able to fill in the blank that mother is being charged with assault.

Later in the evening, Hubs went off in another round of offense over an improperly worded question I asked about work hours. I didn't know he was offended until he went off on GD. As usual, he heard much more in the question than I knew I was asking. Thankfully, we were able to implement some of our new dance steps the children were fully terrified of both of us. Do the young children --or even other adults-- really understand any of what goes on in a romantic dispute? Personally, I'd rather sit in the epicenter of a dog fight, even when one of the romance partners.

Beaten crazy bitch wolf, coming through. . .
Put your romantic expectations where the sun don't shine.
The chump dumping puppet show is REALLY loud on my head this morning.

Prayers ongoing. . . I've been wearing my grounding talisman as a reminder to be gentle and patient with the process and everybody involved.

Sincere appreciation for the extra emotional support here.