07/15/2020
Let me introduce myself. My name is Mellissa corum. I am someone who loves my family with my heart and soul. I love music, camping, and being around my family. I have a heart and compassion for hurting young adults and teens. I have spent part of my life being a youth pastor and worship leader. All of my kids are grown now and are starting their own families. At this stage in my life when I found out I was going to be a NANNA I was ecstatic! I did what most grandma's do I went out and started buying everything I could to prepare for my little grandbabies. Unfortunately my son and his wife being young raised flags for me. I had some concerns about the behavior of the babies mom. So I called DHS 3 times for help to see if they could enforce parenting classes or some kind of educational classes to help the parents be more effective with their babies. Sense anything I said or done was not going to be listened to. On January 1st my daughter was visiting from California with my new granddaughter who is the same age as my twin grandsons. We were celebrating our Christmas on New Year's when I noticed one of my grandsons had a bruise on his leg. Immediately we had the parents take the baby to the hospital because of concerns what could be wrong with him. We then received a phone call stating that the baby had multiple breaks in his leg and that DHS was on their way to pick up the other twin from our house. We never saw any aggression any abuse of any kind to our grandbabies while we were around. Our concerns as previously stated were more about ignorance and negligence due to the kids being young and immature which is why we allowed them to live with us so we could help oversee things and make sure the babies were going to be okay. In the process. We even had baby monitors in our room. All of us grandparents work full-time jobs during the day leaving the parents home for the few hours that they were to tend to their own babies so we could work and provide for the babies. Due to this DHS will not let my husband and I have our grandbabies even though we called them for help before anything ever occurred. DHS told us thank God we had the babies go to the hospital because we saved their lives. The babies never had any other injuries marks are bruises at that point. Mind you they were only in our home for three weeks when this happened. DHS even told us the babies did not act like they were injured or had broken legs that there would be no way for us to tell that there were injuries other than the bruise that showed up on the baby's leg the day that we had them to take them to the hospital. We have done everything we have been asked to do from the counselors from DHS and in return we have been made to be the monsters. Because they lived in our home. What can you do when you call the proper people for help and they won't help you until it's too late and then they turn against you? How do you say thank God you saved their lives but now we're going to keep them from you. I'm here to say I know there are many many other people who have been victims of DHS and their power control. They will never admit when they make mistakes. I think it's time we all band together and save our children. They rightfully belong to us. We love them and cherish them. We have spent 7000 on attorney fees and still sit here. Some days it's hard to breathe or get out of bed. I have spent many nights crying as my life has been shredded. When will this end when will justice be made right. When will they see the truth! I have been an open book. I have nothing to hide. Someone please help. There has got to be an end to the corrupt system. It's so wrong in so many ways! I keep praying for a miracle. Please feel free to share your stories.