The Space Between My Children

The Space Between My Children is a deeply emotional memoir about motherhood, loss, and survival through the foster care and residential treatment system. When her five children are suddenly placed into care, one mother finds herself navigating court systems, foster placements, and years of separation that reshape her family forever. As her son Zane moves through residential treatment and adolescence within systems designed to stabilize him, she learns what it means to parent across distance, paperwork, and uncertainty.
Meanwhile, her other children grow up in fractured paths-some returning home, others remaining out of reach, all changed by time and separation. This is a raw and honest story of a mother trying to hold onto connection while everything around her shifts. It explores grief, resilience, system involvement, and the quiet endurance of loving children you cannot always reach. At its core, this memoir asks one question:How do you remain a mother when your children are no longer all in your care?