From Tragedy to Nightmare
Jan. 13, 2006 at 6:36 PM
Politics
Save Jackson Bortz: This story is so sad. And the state's response is turning a tragedy into a nightmare for the Bortz family. Their infant, Dylan (5 months) has died and their older son, Jackson, (age 3) was taken away. Here's an excerpt from the first post that tells the story written by the grandmother Randi St. Denis,
"Two weeks ago, Rachel was holding Dylan in his baby seat and Jack ran past her in the kitchen. Rachel lost the grip on the baby seat and Dylan fell to the floor. Both my son Matthew and I were eye witnesses to this. Rachel and I quickly picked Dylan up and applied ice to his head. All he had was a tiny bruise under his eye and a slight puffiness on his eyelid. Five days later we found him in his bed not breathing. Sadly, the bump on his head from five days earlier caused his death and we are grieving beyond imagination.Now DFCS (Department of Family and Children's Services) has stolen our grandson Jackson away for no cause."They are fighting to get him back. They have set up a website Save Jackson Bortz where you can read all the updates. They are part of the Georgia Home Educators Encouragement Alliance. They are asking for prayer and an email / phone campaign to get the attention of the DFCS and bring home their son.
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posted by happyhomeschooler on Jan. 14, 2006 at 12:27 AM
I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this story. You see, the grandmother in the story is a much loved, older sister of mine. And the two children in the story are my two grandnephews.
Life has been very difficult for all of use these past two weeks since Dylan stopped breathing. There are days when it has been an absolute nightmare, as many of you can imagine. However, I can tell you sincerely, and our entire family will tell you that, in it all, God is so good!
This evening, one of the local news programs actually carried the story. And that was due to the number of people that called and emailed all the contacts that we asked them to contact. Numbers truly make a difference. (We hope to have that streaming video up on the website this weekend.)
What's up ahead? Only God knows. We have heard that many have contacted our governor who is a Christian, was a foster parent at one time, and is usually sympathetic to homeschoolers. Other have contacted members of the Georgia General Assembly that are homeschooling parents. This battle is not done yet.
Please continue to pray and forward this to everyone you know. We DO NOT want the story to die. We are coming into a holiday weekend, and want it to continue for as long as necessary. Please, help us bring home Jack!
May God bless you all as you seek to serve Him!
Kelly Ling
SaveJacksonBortz.com - http://www.savejacksonbortz.com
Homeschool Top Sites - http://www.homeschooltopsites.com
and many more! :-D
posted by Beth on Jan. 14, 2006 at 10:48 AM
I've done the same, and will be praying for this family as well.
posted by Dell on Jan. 14, 2006 at 4:13 PM
What an awful nightmare! Praying for this family!
posted by spunkyhomeschool on Jan. 14, 2006 at 11:10 PM
Kelly,
I will put another post up on Monday. I am so saddened by this. I have two blogs and I have posted it on both. I will keep watching for updates. Let me know if I can do anything else.