Letter from Aunt J

The Honorable Judge Woods
Denver Juvenile Court
1437 Bannock Street
Room 157
Denver, CO 80202


CASE #: 2007
In the interest of: TOMORROW ******


Honorable Judge Woods,

I am writing this letter to express my sincere concern for the child named TTomorrow M***** (we call her M***) if she is to be reunified with her birth mother, Linda, and her “significant other” Stephen. I am Tomorrow’s foster Aunt, but you see, I don’t really even think of her as a foster child anymore. She is an amazing part of our family, she has bonded with me in ways that some of my blood relatives haven’t yet! I was there with my sister J**** and her family when they went to visit Tomorrow for the first time at Children’s Hospital. I have seen children in the hospital, in fact my own child was in the NICU for the first week of his life, but I had never seen anything like this in my life. The smallest child was lying alone in a bed/crib and yet you knew she wouldn’t come to any harm alone there as she was in a body cast from toe to sternum. No flowers were in the room, no sign of family concern, only the child. Alone. My sister J****** F** and her husband Michael F** then went on to care for and give therapeutic respite to this sweet child from that day forward.

Tomorrow was expected to walk with braces, have developmental disabilities, and even display severe attachment disorders. She is no such child. Because of the love and care my sister and her family have provided as if she were their own, she has thrived in ways we could never have predicted. She calls me “Ahh J” and I am so proud to be her Auntie. She is a special child and we all are so very concerned for her safety if she were to be returned to her biological family. She was abused at 3 to 5 weeks that resulted in 24 broken bones, what kind of abuse to what results could we expect at age 2, 3, and so on? I am a supporter of reform policies in our current system, but in this case, Tomorrow does not have the time to wait for this family to “reform”. She is completely bonded with the F Family, and her extended forever family (that’s us). I have seen firsthand how upset she becomes when separated from them (this is one piece of evidence we have to verify the effects of her abuse). I do not even want to imagine how severely traumatic it would be for her to be torn from the only family she knows. The F** Family would like to adopt Tomorrow ******, and I see no reason why they should not. In fact, I have heard that Linda M***** has approached the F**’s with such requests before. I truly believe that even Linda knows that Tomorrow would not be safe in her home. How can someone like Linda in one breath say that she has no idea how Tomorrow came to be so abused, and then in another breath plead with the foster family to adopt Tomorrow and her sister M****? She knows she should not be with her own daughters, that’s why! She cannot be trusted, because she must know what happened.

I know that you have many notes and have heard a lifetime of testimony on this case. I am appealing to you now as a personal witness to the positive people in this child’s life. The F** Family want to adopt Tomorrow more than even I will ever know. Please do not return this child to her biological family. The abuse cycle will perpetuate, and I just know this case would be back in front of you in less than a year.

Tomorrow M***** is in our hearts forever, no matter what you decide. I hope you are receiving many letters just like this one, to show just how much support the F** Family has for this noble cause. We are a large family, with a lot of love to spread around! I hope this letter did help you to see a personal side to the safe and happy life Tomorrow has with us. We love her so!


Thank you sincerely for your time and consideration.


Best Regards,


J******* B******, sister to J******* F**, beloved aunt to Tomorrow M*****