I choose to solve and I know in my heart I did the right thing!
Your probably now wondering what on earth is she talking about. Well here I go I will try and make it short but I can't promise anything.
Tonight Mom and I went out for wings and then decided to stop at Walmart. When we entered Walmart I noticed a young, rough looking girl with two children, one of them a baby in car seat in the cart that was crying. I thought not much of it and went on my way shopping.
About 30mins later Mom and I were paying for our items and the cashier mentioned that the lady at the payphone had been here for over 2 hours and trying to call someone for over an hour with a quarter someone gave her. As we were just about finished paying she walked out the doors. Mom was already talking to her by the time I got there and we agreed that we would give them a ride.
But after talking with her further she was not sure she could even get into the home as she did not have keys. We decided that as Walmart was closing we would drive to where she needed to go and see if someone was there and if not we would decide what to do. I forgot to say that this whole time the poor baby is screaming.
We got them into my car and asking if the baby was hungry and she said he could be but she did not have any more milk with her and had no money. So we decided that I would run back into the store with her to buy some formula while mom waiting with the kids. The little boy was about 1 1/2 (with a bloody, scabby nose) and the baby the mom told me was only 16 DAYS OLD!!!
So the mom and I go into Walmart and she shows me which formula she uses and as we get the till her boyfriend/kids dad (not really exactly sure who he was showed up). He said that he had the milk and they did not need that and he took her outside to go get the kids.
They quickly loaded the kids up and were gone before we could say much. After they left my heart felt really heavy and I was just not ok with what just happened. Mom and I discussed and it was both felt that we needed to say something so we call the police as we did not have the # for Social Services.
I might add that while I was with just the mom she told me that Social Services has been involved and she did not want to go to the transition house as they may try and take her children.
I struggled with getting Social Services involved as I don't think the "system" always works justly but I felt that those children who were unable to speak needed us to speak for them so Mom and I went down to the police station.
While there I spoke to the Social Worker and he advised me that they knew who we were talking about and they were regulars with both them and the police. He also told me that Regina Social Services advised them that she was missing from Regina and maybe coming to Moose Jaw.
So I faced God's obstacle and I feel in my hear that I solved it to the best of my ability and it feels great! Don't get me wrong my heart is still aching terribly for those children because I have a very good understanding of what is to come thanks to my job at the law firm but I still feel that we did the right thing!
Thanks for listening and please pray for this "family" as they all have a long road ahead of them.
