Major Worries! IT's EVEN WORSE!!!

I really want to cry for you, especially after looking at Jenna's sweet sleeping pictures. I know all too well a similar situation like this - my friend and her baby daughter. She never ended up going to jail (although she should have) but it was the same situation - abusive baby's daddy, drugs, wasting money, etc.
Except, she isn't as fortunate as Amy Beth. Her family was very abusive towards her but still turned around and bailed her out. She still needs to learn after a year or so of this happening, just like Amy Beth, and it's a great thing you are allowing her to learn. Sometime down her path she will thank you for this, I am sure.

I am so glad Jenna is in your loving care. She is a very beatiful little girl. I want to give her a great big hug.

You are in our prayers, Kim, you know that, but I wanted to say it publicly as well. Amy Beth has been given every chance, and has now blown them all. I am glad that Jenna is safe with you through Christmas. I hope and pray that Amy uses this chance to get rehab and straighten her life out, but am glad that Jenna will be safe with you in the meantime.

Kim, my heart just breaks for you and your family :( You have been so strong and yet so loving throughout this ordeal - I admire your courage.

Amy Beth has a hard lesson to learn and it won't be an easy one. Watching her struggle has to be the worst experience of your life. Please remember to take comfort from those around you who care and don't be afraid to ask for help - you deserve every shoulder to lean on, dear lady.

Having the baby with you is a godsend - at least you know she is out of harm's way. You are her guardian angel and she is a lucky little girl to have you.

Sending you continued prayers that this situation takes a turn in the right direction - many hugs,

Betty

Oh Kim.... what a terrible mess. What has Amy Beth gotten everyone into?!? Hopefully this will be the wakeup call she desperately needs. No more excuses, this is REAL and SERIOUS! Sounds like she has been painting Chad as the bad guy all along when she was equally at fault.

Thank goodness you have Jenna and she'll spend Christmas in a safe and loiving place. Prayers that she continues to stay with you and things work out soon.

Kim, it seems to me that you and your husband have done everything possible to help Amy Beth, protect both her and Jenna, and still this has backfired. I want to force my daughter to read everyone of these situations that I read about to make sure she knows how wrong things can go!

Thank you for loving Jenna the way you do. And thank you for loving Amy Beth enough to have done what you have to support her, but knowing when to stop, too.

Logan

Kim, as others have said, you did the right thing by not bailing Amy Beth out. Hopefully she'll be able to clear her head and get the help she needs for her drug addiction. I'm so glad that Jenna is now safe with you and I hope that you'll be able to get custody of her. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent your way. Please take care. (((HUGS)))

Sometimes our children break our hearts, that's for sure. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Sometimes tough love is the only love that works. I try to remember this saying ... "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it." Stay strong, and don't forget, you are doing to right things, albeit not always the easy things.

Kim, I don't even know quite what to say. I am sorry that you are going thru this mess, having to deal with this must be hard enough, and having to care for a 2 year old at the same time as you having to sort through your thoughts, emotions and everything else you are dealing with...I am just so sorry. I agree that you did right by doing the "tough love" thing with Amy Beth, why should she be given a reward as getting out, when she did something so wrong. Hopefully her time in jail will give her plenty of time to think through her mistakes. Thankfully Jenna is fine and is luckily not any older than she is...I think she is too young to ask too many questions or to really comprehend it all, so that in and of itself is a good thing...if she were 4 or 5 years old, then it would probably really be affecting her more ( but I am sure it is confusing to her just the same).

I will pray for you and your family...you can be sure. (((HUGS))) and love from me, Kim.

I am sending you a cyber hug right now (((((hug hug hug))))).

Please take care of yourself and best of luck to you in this situation. Nice to hear that Jenna is safe with you. She is lucky to have you in her life.

Kim, these kids seem to make the all the wrong decisions in their youth and inmaturity and we can't help but wonder what they are thinking sometimes with the things they do. For some reason, this is a lesson she needed and I am 100% behind you on refusing to get her out of jail. THAT alone may do her more good than anything you have ever done for her.

Hang in there and keep praying for her (and I will add my prayers for her to yours) and someday, she will grow up and be the adult you know she can be.

O...M..... G... :eek:
Thank goD you got there in time to get Jenna! She was probably as happy to see you, as you were to see her.

I also am VERY proud of you for not bailing Amy Beth out of jail. She needs to sit and think about what she's doing, and realize that what she's doing is not just affecting her life... but her life style is now also affecting Jenna's life as well as yours.

Maaaany hugs to you!

Oh boy, what a mess. I am so proud of you for leaving Amy-Beth in jail. She needs to come to the conclusion that she's got a problem and needs to get help for it. You can't help her now, you've tried. She needs to do it for herself. Perhaps in jail she can figure this out. I am glad that Jenna is with Grandma and will be cared for properly. You should do all you can to keep this little sweetheart in your custody. It is now clear that her parents are incapable of providing the necessities of life for her. Bless you for altering your life to care for your grandbaby. I pray that your daughter can get her head straightened out, that you remain strong and safe and that your grandaughter can get past this and lead a normal life.

I agree- at some point, even with all you have done to help, she needs to understand the law is the law... She will not get the help she needs now- distroyed your trust this was fine and she was handling this- and now needs to go through the programs to get her on track. Meanwhile- the baby is fine with you.. I wish I could give you a HUGEEEEEEE {{{{{{HUG}}}}}}

Gosh Kim, I'm so sorry. :( :( :( I'm pretty much in agreeance with everyone else. My thoughts and prayers with you and your family.

Kim, that baby should not be with her mother. Her mother needs to go in to rehab ASAP. I suspect the child will be taken from her eventually if things keep up the way they are going.

Tough love, my dear, though love. I think that's what your daughter needs.

My gosh. Such a horror and such a horror for Jenna.