Momma1394
A raw, unflinching memoir of a mother's battle against addiction, the child welfare system, and her own devastating choices-and the love letters she wrote to the daughter she may never hold again.The knock came at 10 a.m. Through the peephole, she saw them: a welfare worker and a police officer. Charlotte was still asleep in her crib-just over a year old, peaceful, unaware. When they pulled her baby from her arms on the sidewalk, it felt like her heart was being ripped from her chest. Charlotte reached back, crying, as strangers buckled her into a car seat and drove away to an unknown destination.This wasn't the first time. Karmen and Ayvah had been removed before. She'd promised it would never happen again. But addiction doesn't care about promises.A Heart Torn Apart is the devastating true story of a mother who lost all three daughters to the system. It's about the brutal maze of drug court, the shame of supervised visits, and the moment a summons arrives-their father is taking custody of the older girls. With no money for a lawyer, she watches helplessly as the gavel comes down. Even their last name is taken and replaced with his.But Charlotte is different. Charlotte has no father stepping up. Charlotte is lost in foster care with strangers.Woven throughout are intimate letters to Charlotte-raw, honest, heartbreaking expressions of a mother's undying love for the daughter she can no longer reach. These letters are a lifeline across impossible distance, proof that even when everything is taken away, love remains.This memoir doesn't make excuses. It offers brutal honesty about failing the people you love most, and what it costs to keep fighting when you've already lost everything. For anyone touched by addiction, the child welfare system, or impossible loss-this story will break your heart and remind you why we keep fighting anyway.Because some loves are too strong to be erased by distance, time, or even the law.