A young man, (aged 11), is forced to set up his own abuse stage under his mothers watchful eye. He then watched as his mother tortured his two young brothers who died later that same week from their injuries.

A horrific story. I can’t even read the details as I’m too squeamish.

I did scroll down the article though to find the happy ending, and I’m glad this story has one.

He and his siblings went on to be adopted. His birth womb person ( I can’t bring myself to call her the M word) is in prison.

Jerry has given himself a new name and has gone on to be a successful child actor and dancer in his local community. He is on his way to college.

Nathan: “I wanted to prove that just because something bad happens to you, you can’t let it get you down for the rest of your life. Just because my mother abused me and killed my two brothers, doesn’t mean I have to act like I had a mother who abused me and killed my two brothers

Nathan, as he now calls himself, hasn’t forgotten his mother. IN fact, he understands how mentally disturbed she is, and that only a truly crazy person would do those things to a child. He is more forgiving than I would be, but his comments show the power of birth family and love:

Back in Blue Springs, Nathan is contemplative.

“I’m fine with thinking about it and talking about it now,” he says of his past. “One of the things that helped me most was treating me like I was born here.”
If resiliency is a process, as researchers say, there is always hope. To Nathan, that even includes his mother.

“Even though she did all that, I would live with her still,” he says. “She was crazy. But I think if she had gotten help sooner, it could have been avoided. “She’s my mother, and I love her. And I don’t just love her, I like her.”

On a wall of his room he has taped a picture of her in her orange prison jumpsuit, given to him by Catina through a cousin.

“I plan on seeing her,” Nathan says.

Whew. If you can stomach the details, read the full story here