"" Brooke Renee Cummins"
I have a “One of a Kind Personality”—you’ll never meet another like me. I’m 21 years old and full blown pieces. My favorite color is any shade of green. I’m a very down to earth, outgoing, and creative person. I’m completely honest all the time and I’m a great empathizer and problem solver. I can be impulsive at times and stubbornness runs through my veins. I love random things, thoughts and Ideas; and I can be unpredictable. I’m the loyalist friend you’ll ever have. My biggest flaw and greatest quality is my big heart; it is my gift and my curse in life.
I’m a strong believer in Karma and live by “Everything Happens for a Reason”. I also believe that we make our own faith and path in life by the goals we set and the choices we make. I don’t have regrets, nor do I believe in regrets. I feel regrets are just lessons learned along the path of life.
I have had many hardships in my life. Some most people will never come to experience in their lifetime; but I wouldn’t change them or take any of the experiences good or bad back; because they have help shape and make the person I am to today. I’m completely myself all the time, I do not change; nor will I ever change for anyone or anything. I highly dislike fake people and I feel if someone cannot accept me for who I am then 1. I deserve better than that, and 2. It’s their loss.
I was blessed on March 6th, 2007; when I became a proud mother of a baby girl. Leah Skye Cummins, she is and what continues to save my life. I’m soon to be blessed again within the month’s end with a baby boy. My children are my life and inspiration. They make me strive to be all I can be and do all I can to provide them with the best life with the best options.
Next to my children, my friends are my family. I feel family is defined as those who love you unconditionally for the person you are and therefore you don’t have to be blood related to be family. It’s the people around you that you love unconditionally and vice versa.
Independent is and always has been my lifestyle. I really dislike having to depend on others or someone; but at the same time stuff happens to where you have to. For me currently I have to depend on others to get by but one day soon when I get my life back on track I will return the favor and show how grateful I truly am for the help and support I’ve been given.
I am a proud mother of soon to be two children. Leah Skye Cummins saved and blessed my life almost three years ago on March 6th, 2007. There are many rumors as to our situation and most of them are as fake as the person who told you them. My family has started most of them and thanks to Tessa many have a picture of me being a worthless mother. I’m not going to spend my time defending myself or trying to change your mind against the accusations, because 1. I know better and know I was not a perfect mother but I was not a worthless one neither and 2. There were many people around to witness what type and kind of mother I was to Leah and those are the only people I feel that could even begin to pass judgment but they don’t.
When Leah was four months old she could crawl, hold her own bottle, and loved to roll around and explore her surroundings. On July 21st, 2007 I had just gotten home from working a ten hours shift at Smiths Farm Store, I feed and played with Leah and got her ready for bed as I did every night. I lived with one of my best friend at the time Corry Williams. Leah and I sleep and basically our room was the living room, so to keep things tidy I keep Leah’s toys in her bassinet when she was awake. Leah feel asleep on the floor after playing and when I got up to get her bed ready no one was near her and I was gone away from her side maybe thirty seconds. When I turned around after taking the toys out of Leah’s bed I was just in time to watch Corry loose his footing and fall right on top of my baby girl. Now in movies scenes like that would be in slow motion well, FYI: they are in slow motion in real life too!
I ran to my daughter and all that I could see physically wrong was her ear was bleeding. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think something like that could happen let along something much worse was wrong with my princess. We rushed Leah to Plymouth hospital (normally a thirty min. drive) it only took us eight minutes to get there; which was a lot faster than calling 911 to get help and wait on an ambulance. From Plymouth Hospital they flew Leah to Riley’s Hospital (I was able to ride in the helicopter with her, I never left her side.)
When we arrived at the hospital I was greeted by CPS who would not let me see my daughter or know anything about her condition until the confirmed it was indeed a freak accident that happen. Well to shorten the story up a bit, CPS declared it and found that it was indeed a freak accident. Leah recovery was long and hard but she recovered even after doctors said she’d never live or make it. After Leah and I returned home we had random “anonymous” people calling into CPS reporting false accusations against me and my daughter. CPS investigated me eighteen times some for the same reports they had already declared false.
The last time CPS got involved they took Leah from me and removed my custody stating that I was starving her and that was the medical reason for her weight issues. I returned home, alone and severly depressed. Three days later after the custody was removed I received a phone call stating that I was not the cause of Leah’s weight issues that some test had come back and Leah was dignosed with a growth hormone deficiency, an adrenal deficiency, and a thyroid problem that was not properly medicated at the right level it needed to be at.
After learning about these new medical issues CPS then told me they would return custody within the next two weeks and they were sorry. Supposedly it takes a couple weeks to return a child once they are in the system is what I was told by CPS. Within those weeks I totaled my car. In result of that CPS stated they could not return Leah to me because the transportation had been removed. I then worked on trying to get a new car and while I was working on that issue my landlord filed eviction papers on me. The reason being because Leah who was receiving disability was no longer in the household which forfeited my assistance allowance; raising my rent from $57 dollars a month to $500 dollars a month. I agreed to pay the $500 but I was still kicked-out and forced to leave my home.
It’s been a constant battle and an emotional roller coaster sense CPS harassed our lives. I’m still battling to become stable again and regain what I had after losing everything for a false accusation. CPS continues to have excuses as to why Leah still can’t or shouldn’t be able to come home, but I will keep fighting and I’ll never give up despite those against me and the odds. I don’t care if it takes years, I will just have to fight for years to come then.
Now I hold a lot of guilt for the accident and I also have a lot of hurt feelings towards family and certain people who were close to me who have gone out and twisted the story to satisfy their own pleasure of gossip needs. On the same note though I have learned so much and have grown so much from this tragic experience, and all I can do is continue to fight and pray.
At the end of this month Leah will have a brother and its back to motherhood of two wonderful children. I am truly blessed because being a mother is the best thing and best job in this world.
My children keep me determine to complete my goals in life; so I can provide the best life with the best options for them.
My Long Term goal in life is to become a Forensic Microbiologist. I have completed 2 years of college already working towards my degree. Microbiology to me is one of the most interesting and mysterious subjects to study. I say mysterious because I can’t help but wonder as I study a whole life system that is naked to the human eye; could we possible be a micro life system to something or someone bigger than us? It intrigues me to ponder this idea because it could very well be possible in time science will tell.
Currently I have two short term goals set that I want to accomplish while I work towards my long term goal. I have completed one of the two goals; and that was to learn and successfully run an eBay business online. The business I set up in my roommates name but I am the one who runs it.
My second goal and the goal I’m currently working on is a business in writing. I’ve enjoyed writing ever sense I was a little girl so what better way to enjoy my hobby then to turn it into a business I enjoy running. I’m working towards opening my own freelance writing business, and trust me it sounds easier than it has been. I hope and should have it running and bringing in a little profit within the next few months.
I’m 21 years old full of energy. Running two successful businesses and returning to school to eventually have a total of three degrees. I’m a proud mother of two children and live by “Everything Happens for a Reason”. I truly am a “one of a kind” person!
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