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Lacey's avatar

Thank you for your work for the children. I never knew how important this task was until a friend in college, a psych major, became an advocate. It can be very intense but knowing you are there for the kids is everything. It's something I could never do for fear I'd go apeshit on a few parents.

Seriously, thank you.

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Phillip's avatar

Good for you to be of service. I'm sure many of these young people are going to love you forever.

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Marcella Stasa's avatar

You hadn’t mentioned your children’s advocacy work in a while, so I wondered if you were still doing it. It’s good to know that you are. It’s important.

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Susan Carter's avatar

Thank you for all you do.

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Wendy's avatar

You are fab. Ps great poem.

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Tim Dill's avatar

I do tech support for NYS OCFS and understood every word.

There is a whole department of "hearing officers" aka Judges

My wife used to do court ordered supervised visitation, she being the supervisor.

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Camilla's avatar

CASA/Gal's rock! Thank you for your work for kids!!!

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Lisa Pearce's avatar

Bless you for what you are doing! It takes a special soul to take care of these marginalized kids. The poem definitely resonates with me!

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Lizziebeth's avatar

This is such important and admirable work, Nancy! The big wide world is a scary place. Youngsters need to have a compassionate person standing behind them.

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Laurence Tillett's avatar

Thank you for being there for those who are most vulnerable. What some parents have done to their children is unimaginable.

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Amazon Anne's avatar

Bless you for what you do...

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Chris Crutcher's avatar

I applaud you. I spent twenty years as a child and family therapist working with families involved with Child Protective Services, chaired our regional child protection team for thirty years and spent time training GALs, who are the ONLY person in the mix that advocates only for the kids. You've saved a lot of lives.

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Darah Petersen's avatar

Thank you for being an advocate

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Diana 🇳🇱🇲🇨🇺🇸's avatar

“And if you give me….”

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