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Of course, she does. Her Sweetness was 18 months old when she was taken into protective custody and she had supervised visitation with her mother for the next six months. Because we are family and I've always been close to my niece (who I love dearly, despite her flaws), we have lots of "before" photographs that Her Sweetness likes to look at -- although her favorites are the photos that include me and Dadman.
My niece never really took to her role as Mother and I think Her Sweetness knew very early that that special feeling was missing. At 18 months, she called my niece by her name and she still does. No one denies that J--- was her mother, but we all agree that I am the only mother now.
BTW, J--- will be sleeping over at our house on Christmas Eve so she can take part in The Great Unwrapping. She is always invited to take part in our family events and activities -- and she always will be.
DeeCee
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DC MomLADY
Mother to My Sister's Grandchild
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