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My child, don’t reject the LORD’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. – Proverbs 3:11

True Story

So when I was targeted by the police in New Bern for a crime I did not commit, my daughter saw the entire thing. My daughter saw me get arrested and she saw all the bad things her father did to me while I was married. So for a while (because she was a baby), my daughter was silent but she clung to me. Now, my daughter at two years old literally will NOT let me go. I mean she will not let me go, if I go to the bathroom she cries because I am leaving. If I talk to someone else she gets upset because she wants all my attention. All she wants to do is hug me and touch me. That is all she wants.

So…

So at 12:00 a.m. my daughter was upset because I was not holding her and began to cry. Now, you all know I was in the Marines so maybe my reaction was not the most gentle but I am trying to change to be more gentle to her. But then I really felt God convict me and tell me that she is traumatized from watching the police arrest me when I was in New Bern (but thankfully I was never arrested again). So, another mom came with confirmation and told me she was in bad relationships before and her daughter was like that also. I really needed to hear that because man does it get hard. But I am saying that because sometimes another mom who has a little more experience in motherhood has to help another mom through those nights that they can’t sleep because the baby is up, just by giving some practical advice. As for Ruth, I am going to get her therapy because although I did my best with her she saw the abuse I went through with her father and she saw her father frame me and set me up and it has really affected her. I love my daughter and I will do what needs to be done for her to heal in the healthiest way possible.

Love Mommy Diamond,

These are the most recent pictures of Ruth at Church on Sunday. I can’t believe my baby girl has gotten so big she is going to be three this year and her hair has gotten longer ! This was the first time I put fancy things in her hair and she loved it, she couldn’t stop smiling when she looked in the mirror and she got so many compliments on her hair ! God is good ! I did her hair by the way !

Date: 2/09/2024