police showed up, and after talking to her, the police ended
up taking her to the hospital, and diagnosing her. ͳey gave
her a 5150, so she had to be there for a seventy-two-hour
hold. ͳen the doctors decided she’s schizophrenic. ͳey
diagnosed her with that. She ended up being hospitalized
for a year.
Step-Father was there, though. He showed up when I did.
Social Worker: “If he wants to take you guys, he could
take you guys. At least take his biological children,
and then I don’t have to place them.”Step-Father: “Oh no, you take ’em. I don’t have
nowhere for ’em. You take ’em all.”So my mom went into a state mental facility for a year,
and all my sisters and brothers went into foster care.
We didn’t get to see my mom when she was in there. I
remember we went to court one time and she was at court,
and it didn’t go well.
Judge: “You have to take your medications, you have to
take a parenting class. You have to do all of that, it’s
the law.”Mom: “I don’t need to do none of that by the law of
God. ͳem is my kids, and y’all gonna give me my kids
back.”She did not do any of those things, and so she did not get