A Mother Outside the Room

I was finally in a home that felt peaceful. Coffee on the porch. Open fields. A friend who saw me as human.

And still, I was losing my children in real time.

This episode is about what it means to be a mother completely shut out — while still very much alive. It’s about decisions made behind my back. My own family working with my ex to enroll my daughter in a private school she wasn’t ready for, letting my five-year-old ride a four-wheeler, ignoring everything I tried to say.

They didn’t protect her. They didn’t protect me. They just wanted things to look okay.

And I’m still grieving what they did to those kids.

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In this episode:

• The unraveling of motherhood in plain sight
• Family betrayal and emotional abandonment
• The grief of watching your children’s needs be ignored
• The fight over school enrollment
• What people mean when they say “healing takes time” — and what they miss

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Start from Episode 1 to understand the full context. This isn’t just my story — it’s the silence so many mothers live inside.

Don’t Call Me is written and hosted by Em.