I Object

The day we went to court to get guardianship of our precious Veronica is a very memorable one, in a good way. The main reason we needed to do this is because she was contemplating running off to another state to marry her boyfriend that did not want us in her life. They planned on living out of state and having children, which at this time, Veronica is not capable of taking care of. He refused to believe Veronica has a brain injury and needs to be taken care of in some ways. Her decision-making skills are not always safe and at times put her in danger. She can be very impulsive and is a people pleaser that doesn’t want to anger anyone by disagreeing with them. Veronica is very impressionable. Unfortunately, she can easily be taken advantage of by people that do not have her best interest at heart. That is what we, her parents, are here to protect her from.

So, here we are walking down the hall of the courthouse when Veronica notices she has a spot on her shirt. Since she has two layered tank tops on, she decides to change and put the bottom one on the top, so the spot does not show. Right then and there she begins to undress. Seeing this we immediately said, “NOOO!” Let’s go in the bathroom to do this.”  Her impulsiveness leads her to do things like this at times. Once in court I was on the witness stand. The judge was asking me questions about whether Veronica was responsible about taking her medicine without being reminded, which she was not. The courtroom was silent except for my voice. Then, all of a sudden, Veronica raises her fist and slams it on the table and yells, “I object!”

The judge asked her if she really did and Veronica said, “No, not really. I just watch a lot of Law and Order and always wanted to do that.”

The people present busted out in laughter. She was so blasted cute, you had to adore her. The judge was caught off guard, but so nice, he smiled too. Then told her, “We don’t do that in here. If you need to speak you will have your chance.” She said, “OK,” with a smile on her face, and we continued the process. There was a very sad moment for all of us when Veronica cried and said she is so sad to give up her rights. Through tears running down her cheeks, she said, “I feel good knowing I will always have a place to live, food to eat, and someone always looking out for me.” We cried too. When the hearing was over and we were granted guardianship, Veronica proceeded to tell the judge, “I tried to undress in the hallway, and that is why I need my parents to be my guardians.”