Remember Emma?

[oscar]

The family who adopted Lovelie has posted some truly adorable pictures of her and her new siblings at a horse show - she looks so happy and full of life, nothing like the frightened, suspicious child she became under Emma's "care."

I know the family who adopted her doesn't want any attention from us, so I am not putting the link to their blog here, even broken. (If you're truly curious, you could dig it up out of old threads.) But I know a lot of people here were very concerned for Lovelie's well-being, so I thought I'd pass along this bit of positive news.

[synchroswimr]

Glad she's doing well. Thanks for the update!

[Witsec6]

Oh, thank heavens! That woman was a witch!

[elliesmash]

That is so good to hear. I really hope she can go on to have a normal, happy childhood and not remember too much about her life with that crazy woman.

[browngrl]

That is good news. I can understand that the family that adopted her wishes to stay off our radar - would it be acceptable to them to copy and paste a picture of Lovalee on this thread? Would it be o.k to pass on good wishes for her - or is this too intrusive?

[Kitty]

I had no clue who you were talking about, but I found the old thread about Emma on yuku.

:(

I too hope Lovelie is happy and safe in a hopefully new, sane home. I can understand her new family's wishes to stay off our radar.

[Austin]

If the family has a public website, I guess I don't get the big deal. If they don't, then I understand.

Either way, I'm very glad to hear that this little girl is doing so well.

[anniebgood]

Does anyone know what happened to the little boy?

And ITA Emma was a black hearted witch.

[simplysweet]

:dance: :dance:

Good to hear! I was worried - had not heard anything in forever!

Also - the webpage is not hard to find; I also do not see why a broken link is not approriate given that 99.99999% of the people on the boards were champions for Lovealee and not Emma. Since when do we have issues with people's PUBLISHED blogs being shared?! Just curious.......

[easternabeille]

Could someone post some links for me please? I'm not familiar with Emma or Lovalee, and couldn't find a link on the old board. Thanks!

[clarinetpower]

The original page is now for invited readers only, and the cached version is gone from Google. That's the limit of my abilities, sorry.

But for those who remember, too little, too late.

[Witsec6]

Could someone post some links for me please? I'm not familiar with Emma or Lovalee, and couldn't find a link on the old board. Thanks!

From our old forum:

Threads about the Wicked Witch (ie. Emma, who believed that her two adopted children were possessed by the Devil and that gave her the right to disown them):

http://freejinger.yuku.com/topic/7806

http://freejinger.yuku.com/topic/7850

Thread about Lovelie's new family

http://www.freejinger.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=76

[Austin]

I think these people are the bomb. Lovelie looks terrific and she's so beautiful. All of their children are gorgeous.

majesticpintabians.blogspot.com/

Since they posted so many photos of their happy kids, I'm going to assume that they didn't want to keep it a big secret. Many FJers were very upset for the sake of these children, and I seriously doubt anyone here would intrude on their lives and would do anything but be happy for Lovelie. I hope the little boy is doing as well.

ETA: And I hope Emma and her dirtbag husband burn in helll.

[thoughtful]

Besides their giving Lovelie a new start, they've also educated me.

I'd never heard of Pintabians. Looking at them, in those pictures and in a Google image search, sent me right back to my pre-adolescent horse worship. Those are some gorgeous animals!

[fundiefan]

I think these people are the bomb. Lovelie looks terrific and she's so beautiful. All of their children are gorgeous.

majesticpintabians.blogspot.com/

Since they posted so many photos of their happy kids, I'm going to assume that they didn't want to keep it a big secret. Many FJers were very upset for the sake of these children, and I seriously doubt anyone here would intrude on their lives and would do anything but be happy for Lovelie. I hope the little boy is doing as well.

ETA: And I hope Emma and her dirtbag husband burn in helll.

Ditto, that.

[Mellon]

God, I remember reading that thread...so, incredibly heart-breaking. Thank you for the update! Warm fuzzy thoughts and prayers to those kids, they've been through so much.

Also, @notTHATkind - I'm in love with your icon/avatar thingy. Torchwood, yes?

[Witsec6]

Also, @notTHATkind - I'm in love with your icon/avatar thingy. Torchwood, yes?

I feex for you: Torchwood! Yes!

(Also, thanks. Also, bisexual supernatural boys turn me on.)

[JesusFightClub]

What a big family! They all look really relaxed and happy, something I bet Lovelie never got a chance to be before with Emma hovering and looking for signs of the Devil in her.

[MamaJunebug]

Thanks so much for the link to the Hewitts. This family has made my day!

[Austin]

Do we have any idea what happened to the little boy? I just can't remember. . . I think of these children often, as I'm a lot of FJers do.

[formergothardite]

She looks so happy and well loved! I hope the little boy had as good of a happy ending as she appears to be getting. The story of what that evil woman did to these children will haunt me forever.

If I remember correctly, wasn't Emma pissed off that the new family loved Lovelie so much and didn't see her as a demon from the pits of hell?

This looks like a large family done right. Reading about them and Lovelie has put a smile on my face.

[Koala]

I think these people are the bomb. Lovelie looks terrific and she's so beautiful. All of their children are gorgeous.

majesticpintabians.blogspot.com/

Since they posted so many photos of their happy kids, I'm going to assume that they didn't want to keep it a big secret. Many FJers were very upset for the sake of these children, and I seriously doubt anyone here would intrude on their lives and would do anything but be happy for Lovelie. I hope the little boy is doing as well.

ETA: And I hope Emma and her dirtbag husband burn in helll.

Well said.

Lovelie looks so happy.

[oscar]

I was also wondering if anyone has any follow-up information on the little boy's placement. Here is what I know: He was originally named Maicouely, but was renamed Justus Maicouely when he was adopted by Emma.

He was placed with a family that had not qualified to adopt from Haiti because there were already too many children in the home (I believe 2 biological children is the limit when adopting from Haiti).

In a post dated August 4, 2010 on her now defunct blog RADically Challenged, Emma posted an update on Justus's new placement, including an excerpt from an email she received from Justus's new mother. Most of the post consisted of backhanded "compliments" and snide, self-serving comments from Emma about the new placement, but it also tells us that the new family has at least two other boys, at least one of whom is a teenager. It also appears that Justus was the youngest in that family. In August 2010, he would have been around 5.5 or 6 years old, so he'd be 6.5-7 today.

Since Justus was not his original name, is it possible that he is known by a different name in his new family?

[Austin]

I have her defunct blogs in my google reader and was able to find the August 4th post.

Aug 4, 2010 1:37 AM New Placement Report- Mr Jfrom --------------------RADically Challenged------------------- by SQ

[Emma] I just received an email with photos of Mr J and what can I say accept that in the past 2.5 years that I have known him he looks genuinely happy, grateful and super happy. No, I mean really happy. The kind of happiness that only God can bring to a child's heart, because he is where he is supposed to be he is on the road to completion.

I'm going to borrow another blogger's words because to be honest- I couldn't have put it better myself.

Here are her words that she wrote on July 10, 2008 [so this is something Emma is quoting from another blogger, link below]

A wise counselor cut through the emotional red tape and pointed out some simple truths. He needed time and undivided attention. I was stretched to the limit. He needed to be babied. I already had babies. I was unable to prioritize his needs over the needs of our younger children. She reiterated and cemented some facts in our minds. There is a reason that most adoption specialists recommend against adopting out of birth order. Children with attachment-related negative behaviors often thrive as the youngest or only child. Second placements succeed at a very high percentage rate because the second family is prepared for the behavioral challenges and the situation is tailored to the child's needs. She provided a little balsam for our raw emotions. Some children, she told us, just need a transitional family. Some families and kids are a poor fit. They usually succeed in their second home, sometimes without ever demonstrating the same negative behaviors. As much as I hated being a 'poor fit' for my child, I knew that it was true. To read the rest of the post go to:

anymommyoutthere.com/2008/07/disruption-failed-moms-look-back.html

[Emma, again] Oh my what can I say these are all the same issues that I believe are taking place with our situation with Mr. J. He desperately needed to be the baby, but I have a new born and to top it off he was airflighted out at just 8 days old and kept in the Children's Hospital for a week and then we were told not to let any children touch him until after he was 6 weeks old! To top that off he was in constant pain for the first two months because I found out later my food choices were causing him to cry constantly. I was one paranoid momma, but I had a traumatized boy who needed my babying but I could not give him what he needed so I'm sure he acted out more because of it.

His new momma wrote this in an email today:

The 3 boys play so well together...all of them are wild and rowdy and dirty! Right now they are outside in the dirt with tonka trucks..

That description couldn't be further from the description of my bio kids. My kids for the most part are calm, gentle and clean players.

She also mentioned how his teenager brother is really bonding with him and carries him on his back etc...

My oldest boy is 9 and they did not get to well. My 9 year old is like the crazy professor. The boy lives with his nose in books and creating inventions. For the most part my kids don't really play with toys and they really never have. They spend most of their days researching, studying topics that interest them and then recreating them or reenacting them. Justus used to get so depressed because he thought he was too cool to play with his 3 year old brother, yet his older brother wasn't interest in playing toys with him and Mr J wasn't into the technical stuff. Whenever they did play together they would just end up arguing with one another.

Mr. J is all boy he wasn't really interested in playing with the girls until the last month he started playing cars with my 3 year old daily and playing more with the girls outside. They of course made him dress up and learn dance partner steps etc.. ha..ha...

Mr. J is very loud and our home is quiet and we have a finicky baby who doesn't like loud noises so we had to always be on him to keep his voice low inside. We used to wake up EVERY morning to Mr. J arguing with someone because he is defiant and doesn't like to take orders from his older siblings or there was always something. He was always yelling at someone before we ever even got out of bed. It was amazingly peaceful the first morning we woke up and he was gone... peaceful but eerie. Towards the end of his stay here he was getting more and more defiant, angry and throwing fits daily. He would have tantrums for hours over the smallest offenses it was like he gave up and just decided to go crazy. He would scream so loud my oldest daughter would get concerned the neighbors would wonder what was going on over here.

What was going on was I told him to take a nap because he was grumpy! Yes, that was it a lot. He would come unglued at the drop of a hat and he started to have a look of contempt whenever he saw me and stopped saying good bye to his daddy before work. He just stopped caring.

Anyhow, that is all past. He has a new home, a new start and he's with a family that he absolutely fits in with. Praise God! I realize this is still the honeymoon phase but his new momma will be ready when the newness wears off and he starts to test her. All I know is that when he came to our home it took him a long time to get where he is with her in just one week. He didn't want anything to do with me when he first came home and he would cry if I tried to get him to be my buddy to take him anywhere.... I'm so glad he is showing signs of attachment already.

I haven't looked at this blog in awhile, but am still stunned to see how evil and hateful this woman is. This particular post doesn't begin to address it, for those not familiar with Emma. Just reading through to find the one I was looking for caused me to feel nauseated.

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[Mellon]

(Also, thanks. Also, bisexual supernatural boys turn me on.)

Um, hells yes. I just finished watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and that transitioned nicely into Torchwood, so James Marsters now has a lovely little place in my heart. :) Up until then, my celebrity shag list consisted only of David Tennant. After Torchwood, it has become significantly longer....

Anywho, back to the main point. It just makes me happy when I FINALLY find people who watch the same shows I do...