"Kadi Jean Lynn Halamar"

Kadi is Johanna's second born child. She's all dynamite! She sparkles like the sunshine when she's happy, and explodes when she's angry! She is very bright and outgoing, and as the expression goes, as cute as a bug's ear. We had a go-around a while back when her daddy took her from Hanna and didn't bring her back. It was a nightmare for all of us. Finally, in a court room, Johanna got her rights back to her darling little Kadi. Her daddy got custody, but Hanna could have her often. I remember when we went to pick her up and take her home with her mama. She was in the back seat of our car with her mama discussing what had happened.She was not very old. She ask her mama why she hadn't come to get her. Hanna told her that her daddy wouldn't let her. She told Kadi that we had all tried to see her, but her daddy just wouldn't let us. Kadi considered all that had been told to her, then finally spoke out. "Well, I couldn't get on my bike and come to you." Hanna and I both broke into tears. Just thinking about a little toddler hopping on her tricycle and riding through traffic for miles to get back to her mama made me sick. Something like this should just never have to happen! Kadi is an example of what we could lose. So many times we take our family and loved ones for granted, and don't realize what a blessing they are. Hanna still does not have full custody of Kadi, but I know that the day will come when she will. Kadi still cries when it's time to go back home. She is sunshine! Shame on the clouds!