Cate
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15 recordings
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard 25 Mar
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Or be like a very great foster parent to help their biological family get on their feet and do the parenting classes.
Because we know that that's best.
Yeah, because my first thought to her question, I was like, well, permanent legal guardianship. Yes. That's the only way that I see it being ethical. Because then that gives the birth parent some rights, too, and some protection, and also the child.
Yeah.
So that was my thing that came to my mind. But all right, guys. Well, thank you so much for joining us and listening to this episode. Make sure you like and follow everywhere that you can listen to podcasts. And we just, again, appreciate all the love and the support that we've received. And it's been fun.
All right. We'll talk to you guys next week. Have a good one. Bye. Bye.
Yeah. And it was nice to just like jump in and go full force.
Instead of just dipping our toes wet into little things. It was, we came here and it was like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
And also too, like when stuff is aired about us, we can go into the facts and this is what happened behind the scenes that the cameras didn't air or they didn't catch. And yeah, we can just kind of explain it more clearly.
Now you're going to fuck her all up.
Yeah.
I love her.
Um, with my mom now it's, is she sober? Um, I don't know, but I don't police it enough. All I know is that I gave her strict boundaries on the fact of, I don't want you drinking around me and I don't want you drinking around the kids. And you know, you're an adult. If that's something you want to do, just let me know.
And I know not to come over or I know that you want to have some drinks and I will come pick my kids up or whatever, you know? Um, but it's very, We've been through a lot. We went through a lot, like, on this past season, and I cut her off for, like, a good year. I just couldn't take it anymore.
And now it's kind of slowly progressed into having conversations, and she comes over to my house and sees the kids, and honestly... Who opened that door was Nova. And her and I had this conversation and she just said, I really miss her. I really miss my grandma. And I was like, well, fuck. Like, is there any way that I can do this in a way that makes me feel safe and I know my children are safe?
And so... My mom has come over to our house a few times for like barbecues and to see the kids. And there's been like two or three times where I'll drop the older two off of my mom's house just for the day. I'm not comfortable with overnights yet. And she knows that. I let them hang out for a few hours. I go there, pick them up, bring them home.
Like whatever makes me feel safe and comfortable, I'm okay with. And I think that's maybe what needed to happen for my mom to realize like I'm not doing this anymore this back and forth the me not speaking when I'm uncomfortable or I'm showing up and you're drinking and I don't say anything and I stay but I'm anxious like I'm not doing it anymore for myself and
So it's been slowly progressing into a relationship, but I'm just literally taking it super slow.
And I've noticed like she reached out to me and said, hey, I would love to start doing like a weekly thing. I come over once a week. We do dinner or we make pies or we do...
Because I made a promise to myself. There's been many times. And I feel like, you know, When you do grow up in addiction and you're so used to policing the environment so you feel safe, like... you know, she would start drinking around me or whatever. And I would just, I would just shut down. And I knew what my boundaries were to myself. Like get up and say, Hey, I'm leaving.
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