Yarnification

Okay, folks, I normally don’t do much of this kind of thing, but this here is important. Really, really important.

Sunshyn is someone I’ve gotten to know online first via a mailing list and then from reading each other’s journals. She and her husband Will have been raising their three-year-old grandson for I think about two years now. More than half of his life. Roo’s had a lot of struggles for such a little guy. He was diagnosed early in 2005 with an autism spectrum disorder. Since then, he’s come a really long way, from being completely non-verbal to reaching the point where it was recently determined that he no longer qualifies for special-needs preschool.

Then this past Saturday when Sunshyn went to pick up Roo from his visit with his other grandparents, they handed her a court document saying they now had full custody of Roo and wouldn’t even let her say good-bye to him. She and Will had no knowledge that they were seeking custody, no chance to have their say in court.

Roo needs to be back in his home, and lawyers and custody battles cost money. A Paypal account has been set up for donations to Roo’s legal fund. Please go read these two links below, and please, please help get this little boy back home where he belongs.

The Unhappiest New Year (Sunshyn’s journal entry after Roo was taken away)
Background info on Roo from Sunshyn’s annual Christmas letter