The Gift of the Indigo

A young couple had their child taken away by the Department of Social Services in June of 2014. In the beginning, it seemed like their constitutional rights were being violated, but due to the waiving of their first hearing, Child Protective Services found more and more reasons to question their credibility as "fit" parents. Before long, the Mom's metaphysical beliefs and love for the deemed abusive father were getting in the way of the reunification process. She dutifully tried relentlessly to follow all the guidelines set forth, but her naturally frozen emotions were causing her to stumble and opening her the cruel judgment of CPS.

This is a bizarre story of a young couple's struggle with the 'black and white' vision of the Department of Health and Human Services of Maine. Their baby was removed directly from their loving arms in June of 2014. This two year struggle takes many twists and turns during the so-called 'reunification' process. DHHS seems to want to take complete control of their lives and their every move is scrutinized, as well as often misjudged. The whole situation actually began because of the mother's dire concern to protect her baby, and yet the Department continued to sing the tune of her lack of concern for the child's physical well being during the whole process. From the very beginning, Starre (the mom) ignored her many, many 'red flags.' Her confidence was not bold enough for her to stand tall with her truth and make logical choices in life. I feel that it's important in our lives to accept nothing but 'the golden goose.' We all have deep intuition whether you believe it or not. It presents as an uncomfortable feeling in your gut (solar plexus), or maybe it jumps right out at you as a situation, event or action that goes against your trusted morals. It is my hope, through this story that the reader will begin to have the courage and self-esteem to back off and take a moment to assess their next move when their 'red flags' appear.

Laura (Lily) Desisto’s roots have been cultivated and fertilized in Massachusetts on the east coast. She was raised in a small garden, watered with care and taught to grow within the limits of her trellis. Her wildly emotional branches had to be pruned back from time to time and so she began to plant her seeds of thought onto paper. In the 80’s and 90’s she wrote several articles that were published in the local newspaper and church’s monthly bulletin. She also penned an article, "Digging and Collecting Your Own Antique Bottles" that was published in Antiques and Collecting, April of 1990, but soon got caught in the web we call life--raising three children. She loves to cook, entertain, garden and write poetry. She has two poetry blogs one in the UK--everydaypoetry.co and lilyhdesisto.wixsite.com/mysite. Every chance she gets, she escapes to the out-of-doors, basking in the universal life force energy of Mother Nature.