I won’t make this very long, but Natalie has a special place in my heart. Just so y'all know, I relentlessly pursued joint custody of my daughter and succeeded. Family Court isn’t friendly to men. I had Mark Jackson in the beginning, and he was awesome. But Natalie was my Steve Kerr. She’s the one who took me to the promised land. (It’s a basketball thing. Google it). I appreciate the compliments that I get from men and women commending me on being present in all that my daughter does. But I’d be lying if I told you it was all me. Yes, I manifested it and fought like hell, but you need the right person to represent you. She didn’t treat me like a number. She cared about me. She allowed me to vent when I needed someone to listen to me. She checked me in private but she had my back 100%. She was available when I needed her. She always got back to me on time. And she has a family too, as well as a million other clients. But she was always there. And I got the fairest result for my daughter possible, and that’s 50/50 joint custody- because a child should be raised by both parents equally. If both parents are fit, able, and want to share the joys and responsibilities of parenting, there’s absolutely no reason why one parent should have sole custody. I’m happy to be allowed to have a personal moment with her to express my gratitude not just to her, but also to her husband who joined us for dinner. I think it’s important for him to see how much of an impact she has on people’s lives. It was really a pleasure hanging out with them. How can I not be friends with the person who helped me achieve my greatest victory?
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That's an important quality to have these days when dealing with such delicate and painful situations. That's the ability to let people vent and to know when to chime in. I've been literally tortured by people in positions that were supposed to be there to help me like my social security. I have been dealing with such inept Social Security workers that have caused me Triple and credible trips back and forth to wait in line to give them the same information that I just gave him the week before and if I raise my voice, that's when their pleasure begins and they won't continue the conversation until you apologize and calm down. That's when they jab you again. It happened to me exactly like that just a couple months ago with Social Security the day after my wife died and they were sending my son's social security check to the wrong account but wouldn't tell me which account. I explained to them that I have severe PTSD and that they were torturing me with their incompetence and their expectations. They would not let the conversation move forward. We were positive there while I was lectured about how to properly speak to this individual in a matter of day felt they deserved. When it was apparently we weren't going to get past this roadblock, I asked to speak to her supervisor. She asked me why. I told her it was none of her business she said it was her business. This went around and around and finally I said because I don't like your attitude and then she said have a nice day and hung up on me after I had been on hold for over an hour to get to that point. She couldn't understand why I would be frustrated after the 4th or 5th delay in my sons payments.
Sorry man, didn't mean to make this about me. Apparently I'm still a little wound up over it. I'm glad you were able to find the right person and glad to see you acknowledge what it takes to make it go right. Congratulations on your victory
