When the Bough Breaks

"e;Every page is better and more inspiring than the next: a true page-turner."e;- Emily Pantelides, Journalist, CBS12 News Palm Beach Arms flailing, my adopted son George attempted to punch me, but instead he gained purchase on the cross I wore, and it flew off into a corner of the room.

For years after, I was left with a souvenir of the tracks of his fingernails down my chest.

When I adopted a little boy from Romania, I thought I was giving my son a brother and saving the life of a needy innocent.

Instead, George came to us a like a wild animal hidden in the body of a boy.

I'm not a victim and I'm not a hero. I'm just a mom who got plunged into a nightmare and lived to tell the tale.

When the Bough Breaks sheds a light into that dark tunnel, where there seems to be no end to our children's troubles.

This is my truth as I remember it. Welcome to my journey.