Kendra Montage

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Walking with faith...

So last November I lost my job as a result of funding cuts in research. I didn't anticipate that six months later I would STILL be looking for work. It has honestly been a real emotional drain! I had no idea the way that what we do with each day could have such an impact on our emotional state of mind!

I have spent a lot of time studying for the LSAT but again I have had to put it off. I will be taking the LSAT in October.  I really hadn't anticipated putting it off but I simply didn't feel ready for the logic game section! I just can't screw this up!

I suppose I could try to stay in research for the rest of my life however, I have a dream! I want to help families heal from the trauma and torture that supposedly "well meaning" CPS workers inflict on unsuspecting families and their children!

I am looking for work to get me through because even if I do good on the LSAT in October I will not be able to start law school until the fall of 2013! It seems like a long way off, but I know it will move by in a flash!

I was invited to participate in a film made by a group that is against corruption in government. I am excited because this film will be shown to congress. Honestly those in government don't have a clue how deterimental DCFS/CPS has become and they NEED to know! I hope and pray that my story will open the eyes of some very influential people and some changes will come!

I certainly plan to do all I can to expose the trauma that I endured and show that CPS has NO evidence for the accusations they leveled against me! My name was cleared when this was brought to light in an administrative hearing, but unfortunatley we have corrupt juvenile court judges who simply don't care about the welfare of the people they are making judgments against!

If you are interested in learning about the video that I will be in follow this link:
http://www.lawlessamerica.com/
If you are interested in learning about how to protect yourself from CPS or similar government agencies follow this link:
http://www.americanfamilyrightsassociation.com/
If you want to become active in fighting for your rights as a parent follow this link:
http://www.parentalrights.org/

If you have had an experience with CPS or DCFS or other similarly named government body and want to share send an email to Bmailto:Bill@LawlessAmerica.com he will can get you in the movie to tell your story to congress! This is an awesome oportunity folks!


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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Journey...helping unite families and overcome DCFS!

I'm starting a new journey and the point of this blog is just to document and keep track of where this journey will take me. I have lots of great ideas running through my head about where I want to end up...there is a quote from Alice in Wonderland that my doctor mentioned to me the other day. He couldn't remember the exact quote but I knew exactly what he was talking about.
Alice: Oh, no, no. I was just wondering if you could help me find my way.
Cheshire Cat: Well that depends on where you want to get to.
Alice: Oh, it really doesn't matter, as long as...
Cheshire Cat: Then it really doesn't matter which way you go.

Life is much like Alice lost in Wonderland. We often find our selves feeling lost and waiting...well in life if we just sit around and wait for something to happen to us then something will eventually happen, but what that something is may NOT be the something we wanted!

The past few weeks I have sat rather locked up tight inside myself contemplating the meaning of my life. Why am I hear? I mean I  know the answers that the church provides..we are here to learn, to be tried and tested, to grow in strength and experience, but what does that all mean?

I have to admit I hit rock bottom and didn't even want to get out of bed. I spent an entire week laying around the house and doing NOTHING! I was SICK to death of getting up going to work...at a job where I am not even missed if I don't go in for a week!! and going home to unhappy kids and family just to get up and do it all over again the next day!  I didn't care if I never got out of bed again!!

Well honestly there were several issues all converging on each other at that moment in my life, which are not important to mention here but they all contributed to this feeling of worthlessness, being lost, unimportant, INVISIBLE...I guess I felt that I could pretty much just disappear and no one would really notice...heck, I had done it for a week at work and no one noticed!!

However, I knew that this could not continue. I had to do something and so I started to get out of bed again and I went to my Biology class again...I still have not been back to my Chemistry class. I have to seriously wonder if something that makes me feel so bad could possibly be something that was meant to be a part of my life??

Anyway, while I was on my way to work this morning I was thinking about this conundrum I have found myself in. If all I want to do is help others and make a difference in their lives but I feel unimportant to the people around me and I'm NOT making a difference, at least one that I am aware of, then maybe my focus is all wrong!  Maybe if I am so invisible to the world around me then "I" should focus on me. I don't mean in a selfish way...I mean I should focus on what "I" really want. I really want a family that is healthy and happy. I really want friends that will come and visit me and invite me to visit them. I really want to feel like I have created something beautiful that I can leave behind when I leave this world. A legacy of sorts.

So I started to think again about things that I have thought about in the past ever since DCFS came into my life. That's been 9 years ago now. And I realized I have talked myself out of the things I want the most. I have self sabotaged and halted my progression by feeling like I am not important enough, I am noticeable, I am not big enough in the eyes of the world to achieve my great dreams...

I have to start again from where I left off and move one step at a time toward building this dream of mine. I know it is going to take a long time to get there but maybe not too long!  I have to start with a road map, because unlike Alice I DO know where I want to get to and there is a path out there for me to take. I simply have to take the first step and let things begin to fall into place!

So you are probably wondering what I have been thinking of for the past 9 years. Well off and on I have been thinking how absolutely FANTASTIC it would be to create my own healing center!! I will discuss the ideas I have about my healing center in a future post! but for now wish me luck!! I'm off to start my new journey!!

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

The American Gestapo

I have started to write the book I have been planning to write FOREVER.  Initially I thought that I would write my whole life story until I discovered memoirs. Of course I seem to discover things long after the normal world has discovered them (possibly a lingering effect of my bazaar childhood)


 I have decided to call my book "Legalized Kidnapping and the American Gestapo" The idea came to me as I was on my way home from work. I sat contemplating the things that I would like to write in a memoir and remembered that I had already written the documentation of what had happened when my children were "legally kidnapped" I call it that because in my mind any time a child is taken from a parent and that child and parent WANT to be together it is nothing short of kidnapping REGARDLESS of why the person took the child.  Of course I realize that DCFS would NEVER agree with my point of view and guess what...that's okay because I don't agree with theirs.

My mom goes to church with a gal that she thinks "is an alright kind of gal" because this lady quit DCFS after refusing to lie in court about a family. I know some may be sitting there reading this thinking what??? But honestly I am not the first person to experience the corruption and deceit called "DCFS".  Something I realized about DCFS is that their name will tell you EXACTLY what they are all about Division of Child and Family Services = Division of Child and Family.  It is a horrifying thought when you come to understand the power that they have.


I always think it is interesting when I talk to strangers about my views on DCFS and they always have a look in their eyes like I am crazy or I must approve of child abuse or something. It seems so unfortunate to me that so many people don't really know what that entity is really all about. They don't understand that we have a living Gestapo in our midst. Those who have worked for them or have been involved with them will eventually uncover the truth of my words in some form or another.

I should make it clear that I am not claiming every person working for DCFS is corrupt or that they all have a monetary or hidden agenda, but there are some who are very powerful that are corrupt and they DO have a monetary or hidden agenda... I would never have believed it if I hadn't experienced it myself.  I learned that DCFS is paid Federal dollars based on how many children they have in foster care. They don't receive those same funds for those that are left in the home. Hmmm... That alone gives them HUGE incentive, but there are other things lurking behind those sweet smiles and sheeps eyes. People who want to save the world regardless of who they hurt trying to do it...Those who have power trips...and many other personality types who we trust to make the right decisions about how to protect our children.

The reality is that what you don't know CAN hurt you. So I decided that my story should be heard with all the facts included. Hopefully someone will be able to gain a sense of hope when they read my story and realize that good really can overcome evil and things really can work out for the best even after the most horrifying experiences. We all have the power to be what ever we dream of, we just need to have faith and trust in God to lead us down the correct paths even if those paths are prickly and painful...