Hot!!! I didn't know mamamia did erotica!!

Sadly it feels to me that people don't care enough to make the state accountable :( Thanks for sharing your story. I am stunned and sickened that there are people blaming the innocent mother in this situation rather than laying the blame with the state where it clearly belongs

Thanks Kate . .makes me feel so sick and angry that a government of this country took a girl from a loving mother and put her into a household like that . .six years ago I was volunteering in disability respite when the young child with autism I was looking after once a month was taken from his mum due to her depression. I supported her through court and was absolutely blown away by the injustice I witnessed. I could not have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes. Her son was taken permanently because it was feared she would reunite with the father when he came out of prison (she never did) because she was asking for too much help from the state because she was embarrassed to ask from her limited support network (as the docs worker said "this is not an unpaid babysitting service") and because there was a rich couple who said they were willing to take him with a view to adoption (after they had a biological child and got divorced they didn't want him anymore and he had six foster placements in six months). I ran into this kid in my local library last year by chance (he was with a paid worker, the state spends far more on him in foster care than they did when he was with his mum!) and I can say categorically that he was much better off with his biological family . .the state does not always make the right decision in these cases. I am still in contact with the mother and she is still fighting to see more of her son. I can guarantee as soon as he turns 18 they will be together again finally. If she was more articulate and more confident she probably would have been successful in getting him back, but she is a good mum, and this never should have happened. What happened to Taleigh breaks my heart. I would also suggest people watch the Australian Story on Corey the comedian for more about the failures of the QLD child protection system.

Thanks for this Mia. Beautiful and so passionate. I was a huge fan of Sam's blog/columns and I was shocked and devastated by his death, even though I didn't know him. He was truly unique. I was so happy when he fell in love and became a dad, and I kept waiting/expecting for that to happen again . .I was sure that it would sooner or later and that I would get to read about it and be happy for him just like I would for a good friend. It helps to soften the blow reading tributes like this one. I'm sure it will mean a huge amount to his daughter one day (my father died 20 years ago when I was 18 and reading his letters, hearing about him from people who knew him means so so much)

Woo hoo!!

Well said Mia

can't help wondering how her birth mother might have turned out if she hadn't had her baby taken from her like that . . imagine if she'd been supported by society and her parents instead, Libby might have had an even better upbringing and a lot of pain avoided for her biological siblings . .