A VISIT WITH MONICA

Monica called last week, after many months of being separated from her, to tell me she would spend some time with me during March Break. I was ecstatic and ran out to the grocery store to splurge on her favorite foods. When she comes to visit I always feed her non-stop because she’s severally underweight and always has dark circles under her eyes. When she leaves she’s revitalized.
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This time was no different. She’s being sent out to work weekends 7:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. at the local burger joint to earn her keep (I assumed a burger joint - no - Monica was sent to work at a gas station) and along with going to school five days a week, it runs her down. According to the Human Rights Commission, “If she wants to go to work and drop dead on the job, it’s her choice.”
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She arrived with her duffle bag full of personal belongings and two plastic bags full of vitamin containers. According to Monica, a few month’s ago she had a visit to Sick Childrens’ Hospital and they gave her a list of vitamins to take to help her condition. It included: Vitamin C, E, Calcium, Omega Oil and CoEnzyme Q10. I’m sure this is not what Boston Sick Children’s Hospital meant by “Vitamin Therapy”. And where was the L-Carnitine?
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All a little too late. Is this the best they can do? There is a saying out there that goes something like, “If vitamins can make you feel better, there is a medication that can help a great deal more.”
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To think that I had taken her to Naturopathic Doctors before York Region Children’s Aid so rudely invaded our lives. She was taking a similar therapy at that time when she could still hear and Children’s Aid insisted I take her off the vitamins because they “Don’t support Naturopathic Medicine”. I would settle for prescribed medication but they wouldn’t prescribe any. WRONG ANSWER! Off I went to Court to fight my case.
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I’m convinced they are going to make a human sacrifice of Monica. This appears to be some kind of a cult!

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Next we discussed her plans for University and her teachers give her their full support. She would like to live with me. I like that idea a lot! The condition being I must not say a bad word about my ex-husband and her stepmother. But where will she get the money for University? I don’t have it. I discussed her going to College since I can afford that. WHAT DO I KNOW! I brought to her attention that there are no jobs in this City. I looked for five years and couldn’t find one until now and I have skills and no disabilities.
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This was more than Monica could handle and enough to cut our visit short. She called her father to pick her up and he was here in an instant.