I sent the following email last Monday July 15th. I have received no response back. From anyone this includes the social workers, the director of family services, all the attorneys, GAL and the children's therapists. 

So, there are some issues that the agency has not resolved from when they were providing my family services. I understand that they agency has declined to offer services to us in this regard, but I am reaching out again to express my needs and cocnerns and things that are in the best interest of my children.

In regard to my goodbye visit. The agency had said they were working with the children's therapists to get this arranged. I had requested prior to the TPR the ability to explain to my children what was happening and what different outcomes could come from the court proceedings. I was told that if I brought this up during my contact with my children that my visitations would be terminated. Because of this I did not have conversations with my children to prepare them for what has happened now. My reasons for wanting to discuss this with them was to prepare them and to protect them. My children have never lived without me, yes, I had shared custody with Jayce and Noah so they spent every other week with me prior to Jons incarceration but they have never not been able to see me when they wanted to or felt they couldn't speak to me or call me when they wanted or needed to. In regard to Conner he literally had never spent a day away from us prior to removal and now becoming an orphan.

 Based upon the documents and the information the agency has provide to the courts previously and the reports of the therapists prior to the TPR the children have been and are struggling with the agency's decisions.. Both mentally in their behaviors and physically by even become ill and unwell and even not eating. The agency's belief that they are struggling for other reasons is not supported and if anyone applied child mental health, scientifical studies, research, and their situations to this it is very clear to understand the severe distress my children are in. I am requesting an explanation from the agency why they felt not preparing the children for possible outcomes was not something that I was able to do?  They now are in a world nonexistent of their mother who had previously always been there for them. I would like to know when I will have my final visitation with my children. I would also like to understand and receive explanation from the therapists and the agency why they have not allowed this to happen yet when visitation at that time was still happening? I think everyone can agree with me that there is absolutely no reason why I could not still be seeing or speaking to my children other than that a termination of rights was given by a Judge. I do not believe that the opinions of 5 people who have never even spent 1full day with my children or I can show or prove that I shouldn't be in their lives when there is thousands of people and family who would know and say otherwise. To include that there was testimony and evidence that shows that this is not something that all the children wanted. 

Common factors considered by courts deciding whether to terminate parental rights include chronic or severe mental or physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect. Additionally, if a parent has abandoned a child or refuses to provide support for or have any contact with a child, it may be grounds for termination of parental rights.

 I still do not understand how to why the agency has done this to my family and my children. I did nothing wrong that would leave a bunch of strangers to tell me that I can never see or see my kids again when I had raised them for 10 years prior without any issues. This was the 1st time my children were ever removed from my care, and they were never returned and my relationship with them was never supported. I have never done anything to my kids, around my kids, or even away from my kids that would result in what the agency has done to us. None of this makes any sense and I cannot live like this anymore. Everyone involved knows exactly what they have done and how what they have done is not right. You all can make the decision to not allow a family who loved and cared for each other continue through this nightmare and pain and I am asking every one of you to please stop doing this to my family and my children. We never deserved any of this from any of you and we all cannot continue living a life where we don't have each other its not in their best interests or mine and if the agency and everyone can't make this right or believe that this is still what should be happening then I need a detailed explanation in to why because a Judges order means nothing when she took all the information you gave her and applied it this is unfair unjust and morally you all need to understand what is happening and what you people are doing and how its not ok

Faith Obermeier