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Posted by Kristi on May 01, 2002 at 19:52:48:

Well my little brother that is here is 14 now, and that scares the living shit out of me. I know he is trying to reach out and say help me. But he loves my mother so much. I don't know what to say to him and I don't know how to handle this situation.
By the way it was me and my sister who went through the court case with child protective services but I think this is a very different situation and it would be very hard for me to pull the same thing off here.
For one my mother is just visiting the States and has left the rest of the children in the Fucking Family (excuse my language I am more than a little pissed off). The other thing is I am completely broke even if I wanted to I don't have much to offer my brother, I just started working again. I am in the process of stabilizing myself but I am doubtfull the State would give me custody right now, as he is living in Guatemala and I don't know how long she will be here. My mother's and brother's plane tickets to return to Guatemala are in a couple of days. Plus when I went through the last court case my mother had abbandoned my sister and had nothing to do with her even though she was only 16 years old. So it was much easier to prove neglagence. I would have to kidnap my brother because right now she is keeping him in her "prison of love" and she won't even let me speak to him without her being there and I don't want to force the situation because he would be the one who would feel guilty in the long run, and if he left I want it to be his decision not mine.
The thing that is bothering me is that he seems to be reaching out for a hand out of his current situation and that is why we scraped together the money to get him a plane ticket. I guess I just want to be able to talk to him and tell him that I love him and if he wants to leave I will fight for him but it has to be his decision, and I know this is the decision that killed my other brother so I feel like I am in a catch 22. If I fight for him to be out of the family and be here with me and he is still unsure about his decision to leave then I feel I would be setting him up for faliure. But if I leave him there and don't do anything I don't know that he won't be staying out of obligation to my mom and the Family, and out of fear that my mom won't love him any more. Then what happens to him? Does he go down the same road as my other brother and finally die out of shame and love, a love he can never attain???????? I am so frustrated. I love him so much and I can feel that he is on the brink, I also know that he has tried to reach out to me, but I haven't been able to talk to him alone without my mother's condeming eyes and ears around. Oh the damage she has done. In a way I hope there is a GOD because when she faces him and he asks what happend to the children He gave her did she protect them and love them and stick by them, no matter what denail she is living in now hopfully He will be able to make her face her denail and neglect.