Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links and if you purchase something from the links provided I will be compensated.If you are just starting this story here are the links to start from the beginning: The Devil Wore A Collar – Part I The Devil Wore a Collar Part II The Devil Wore a Collar Part III The Devil Wore a Collar Part IV In reading this please keep in mind that so much more occurred than what you are reading. This story would have been a novel if I included everything that happened to us.
Originally I was going to paraphrase what the court documents that I had been served said, but I have had a lot of people questioning, "Could a pastor mother really do this?" The answer is yes, so I have instead decided to input the actual paper work I was served that morning. I have blacked out names to protect the parties involved. What I realized as I was reading this is my MIL had used my step-son's mother like a puppet to try and destroy us in ways that are unimaginable.
Upon reading this the first thing that upset me was the judge who granted this is a good friend of my MIL's and they actually were an item at one point. The second, is almost everything that was stated in here about me and my husband are out and out bold face lies. I have never once been institutionalized for any sort of mental disorder. I did have a bought of depression when I was pregnant with my second child and received care and Zoloft for that and have since been off of that for years. I am also ADHD which I was prescribed Ritalin for, but I have learned to cope without medication and have not been on that for about 4 years now. I have nothing to hide, so I will tell you I currently take Prozac for premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Google it. Also, I would NEVER and have NEVER sworn AT my children or abused them in ANY way! Do I yell on occasion if they are out of control, yes. What mother doesn't? I never scream at them or get in their face or anything to that nature, it's more of a "Are you serious right now?" kind of reaction. I don't feel that I need to defend myself line by line but the jist of it is none of this is true.
I was on my knees in the middle of the floor shaking and stricken by what I just read. I read it over and over at least 5 times to really let the magnitude of what was happening sink in. We had just gotten back from an awesome family vacation with my step-son. He loved me so much. For Mother's Day he would make ME things, for school field trips, and classroom presentations he wanted ME there. Everyone in our town knew that, and so did everyone at his school. I didn't believe for one second he said those things. And for my MIL to say she moved in to help with the children was ridiculous! I asked her to move in! And not ONCE did she ever help us with the kids or offer to babysit or anything. All of these things start replaying in my mind as I am going over these documents. I suddenly realize she has been setting me up from the beginning. The night she came down and scolded me for yelling at the children all of sudden flashes through my mind. I remember thinking to myself, "This woman is nuts, what the heck is she talking about. She is constantly yelling at my girls!" I wondered if I spoke up then what would have happened. I wondered if I told my husband sooner of the things I suspected her of doing, if we would have been in this position right now. And for her to go as far as to say my husband was going to beat her up was just the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! And what struck me as odd is the police had just left saying she made a complaint stating he said he was going to "kill her", and in the court documents it said "beat her up". These two accusations are completely different and I feel that if you felt your life was threatened in such a way you would remember those words verbatim, no?
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