My Journey My Reflections
Life, love, loss, foster care, child abuse, healing forgiveness, empowerment, storytelling, author, and family
Author: treajackson0118
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On January 24th, 2014, at 10:24pm, my son Michael lost his battle with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy, Michael was always such a happy child despite having this condition. His smile lit up a room and then some. I knew the end would come but never knew just how it would happen. When you get told that…
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Oh, my goodness, this weather is crazy! It was -30 yesterday. The school was canceled for the children, but I had to work. Being a public servant, I had to go into the office. I made it there fine but was just worried about my jeep sitting there all day in the cold and if…
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I work as a Social Worker every day. I won’t say what agency I work for, but not CPS. After being raised in foster care and being abused in the system that was supposed to protect me–I choose to help families in another way. I wanted to help families stay intact with services that can…
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Here are the books I wrote and published about my son Michael. This was a very difficult project to finish, but happy I did. Michael: A memory book with his words and artwork. Michael Reflections is his entire story!!
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I will be releasing the second book to the book series, The Innocent Eyes of a Child, Pink Elephants Dancing in the Room… I was a foster child a few times before it became permanent. The first time, I was 6 months old in Missouri and I was taken away–then the second I was three…
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I had a major setback and one I was not even thinking I would ever have. I was at a store shopping with my daughter Sam. She loves Funko Pops and is a great collector. I was struck by a cart from an employee, and he just walked away and went in the back. This…
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As an author I get asked all the time, How do you write a book? So this is a short explanation of my process in writing a book.
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Welcome all! This is a safe space for you! Wherever you are in life, I hope you enjoy this journey I’m going on and I also hope you can come along for the journey!
My Journey My Reflections 