When I speak to prospective families, I always think it\u2019s important to tell them the good and the bad. I start with the bad. My one regret is that I was not ready sooner. But I feel that New Haven came into our lives at precisely the right time. Because anytime sooner, I was not ready. I was not ready to send her away. I was not ready to admit I could no longer care for her. If I had been ready sooner, maybe I would have found New Haven sooner. But in the end, everything happens for a reason; I do believe that. I had to love her enough to let her go.<\/p>\n
The good is what is different about New Haven. Why did New Haven work for us? I can put that fairly simply: New Haven taught my daughter how to love herself. When she learned how to love herself, then she understood that other people loved her, too. When she knew other people loved her, then she saw that life was worth living. No matter how bad her past was, that would no longer matter. Because she was a great person, and now she knows it.<\/p>\n
I did not bury my daughter. I thank New Haven for that, and I thank every person at New Haven for that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
She can overcome fear, she loves herself, she is worthy of that love of herself, and from all of us. New Haven did that. Every single person at New Haven did that. I wish I could name them all. Everyone who hugged us, everyone who spoke to us, everyone who supported our family and Katy. There are too many. Our lives were touched, our lives were changed. Our daughter was saved because of New Haven, and every person at New Haven.<\/p>\n
I did not bury my daughter. I thank New Haven for that, and I thank every person at New Haven for that.<\/p>\n
Now I get to brag a bit about Katy. She is now a senior in high school, and this year she will be 18. She has received academic scholarships from every college in our state. Some have given her full rides. She is excited, and we are excited, that she will be going to college. She is smart, confident, amazing, loving, kind, responsible, and she is a leader. She loves herself, and is worthy of receiving love from others. She truly is an amazing woman. Katy is my hero.<\/p>\n
I honestly would not change a single thing about her. I am so proud of her. I also would not change a single thing about what happened. Our journey made us who we are. It made us humble, it made us grateful, and it made us all better.<\/p>\n
New Haven found her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So the great news is: the aliens returned my daughter. The one we lost, the one we knew we had, the one we started with. New Haven just had to look for her, and New Haven found her. People ask us how we are now, and as Brad, our therapist, would say: \u201cLife is good\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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