[♪♪] [♪♪] [APPLAUSE] COMRR.

>> IT WASN'T UNTIL JUNE 14TH, 2016 WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO MY DAUGHTER WHO IS HERE NOW.

WHAT I HAD HER IT WAS THE MOST MISERABLE DAY OF MY LIFE.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NAS.

AND I FELT LIKE THE WORST PERSON ON THIS ENTIRE EARTH PLANET.

I FELT I WAS MISERABLE AND HOPELESS.

I HAD NO SELF ESTEEM WHATSOEVER.

I THOUGHT I WAS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING A MOTHER AND THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE THANKFUL BEING A MOTHER.

IT WAS THE MOST MISERABLE DAY OF MY LIFE.

I WENT ON TO TREATMENT BECAUSE I REALIZED HAVING A CHILD AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CARE FOR HER WAS THE GREATEST PAIN THAT I HAVE EVER FELT AND I KNEW I HAD TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BALLOON.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

>> PIPER IN THE PARK.

HEY, BRANDON IS PIPER WITH YOU?

THERE SHE IS!

>> HERE, PUT HER UP THERE.

OH, YOU ARE A GOOD LITTLE MOMMY.

THOSE ARE MY PIGGIES.

>> NO.

>> NO.

NO.

>> YOU GOT ME.

MOM AND PIPER ARE HERE.

>> SHE WANTS THIS DREAM HOUSE.

SHE IS SO EXCITED AND SO OVERWHELMED BY IT.

IT'S FUNNY.

IT'S HARD TO JUMP FROM BEING A KID TO AN ADULT.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE YEARS IN-BETWEEN.

SHE SKIPPED THOSE YEARS.

SO IT'S NEW WORLD.

>> I AM A FIGHTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT TO FLIP IT UP ON ITS BACK.

>> NO, WAY.

NO, WAY, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LAST TIME.

[♪♪] >> AND IT'S NOT LIKE STRAIGHT ACROSS.

HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT?

SHE BELIEVED ME.

>> IT'S OKAY BECAUSELY STRAIGHTEN IT.

SEE, IT GIVE IT IS A LITTLE EDGE SO IT'S NOT SO STRAIGHT.

THE THINGS YOU LEARN FROM YOUR MOTHER.

>> THANKS.

>> OKAY.

MAYBE I NEED NEED TO CUT MORE.

LIKE ANNIVERSARY OF MY LIFE, REALLY.

BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY LIVING UP UNTIL THEN AND I WOULD GET BEFORE, I WOULD GET LIKE 36, 90 DAYS CLEAN BUT NEVER A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT PUT THE WORK INTO DOING IT.

THE HEALING PLACE TAUGHT ME IS HOW TO LIVE LIFE.

AND HOW TO APPLY WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT CENTER TO OUR LIVES.

AND THAT'S SO IT IS A HUGE CELEBRATION.

BECAUSE TWO YEARS WITHOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IS A PRETTY LONG TIME.

YAY!

>> HERE WE GO.

>> AARON BROWN.

MICHAEL.

ARE YOU STILL HERE?

>> HEY I'M ABOUT TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING WITH PIPER.

CAN YOU CALL ME BACK TONIGHT?

OKAY.

WHAT?

>> WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE DONE?

>> NOT UNTIL 9:00 P.M.

OKAY, I LOVE YOU.

BYE.

OKAY.

SO I'M GETTING DRESSED.

WE HAVE A SLIGHT ISSUE.

POSSIBLY AN ISSUE.

I'M PREGNANT.

YEAH.

SO I WAS LIKE I WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS STORY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL MY MOM.

HI.

ARE YOU SLEEPING?

>> HI, MOMMY.

SAY HI MOMMY.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> TURN THAT THING ON.

>> I LOVE IT.

CHEESE.

CHEESE.

[♪♪] >> ONE MORE TIME.

SLEEPY HEAD.

THERE WE GO.

>> PIPER WITH THIS MORNING SHE IS AT THE CRYING STAGE AND DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THIS MORNING.

YEAH THE NORMAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.

I CRIED THE WHOLE WAY HOME.

UGLY CRY.

I THINK WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING AND WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG OR DESTROYING HER EMOTIONAL STATE.

SO I GO HOME AND I GOOGLE IT.

AND IT'S TOTALLY NORMAL BEHAVIOR AND I'M LIKE I DO NOT REMEMBER THAT.

I TOLD ASHLEY I WAS CONCERNED AND I WORRIED HER AND IT WAS LIKE CRAZY.

SO I HAD TO CALL ASHLEY AND SAY YOU KNOW I WAS WRONG THIS IS NORMAL.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT SHE IS WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT IT WE WERE MAKING ALL THESE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS.

[♪♪] >> MOMMY?

MOMMY?

>> WHAT?

>> BABY.

>> YOUR HAIR SMELLS GOOD.

>> NO.

>> WANT ME TO WASH IT?

>> MAMA.

MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY!

>> HERE WE ARE.

GUMMY BEARS.

AND WE GOT REESE SEES CUPS.

AND MORE REESES CUPS.

>> LET'S SEE HOW BIG THE BABY IS TODAY, BABE.

>> WE'RE GOING FOR THE BIGGEST BABY OF 2019.

>> THAT'S WHAT MOMMY AND BRADEN'S BABY LOOKS LIKE.

YOU LIKE IT?

LOOKS COOL?

>> THIS DESCRIBES YOU PERFECTLY.

THE GUY IS LIKE FARTING AND BURPING.

>> WHATEVER.

I'M STILL COOL, THEN.

>> YOU ARE ALL RIGHT.

I WILL KICK YOU AROUND AT LEAST UNTIL JUNE.

29TH.

>> HE'S SILLY.

>> ARE THESE GUMMY BEARS?

YOU FEEDING MOMMY?

WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING, BABY?

I STARTED SEEING PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW I USED WITH IN THE STREETS WHEN WE WERE YOU THOUGH, I KNEW PEOPLE WHO PERSONALLY THAT I'D SEEN HERE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION AND GUYS I HAD BEEN INCARCERATED WITH.

AND I SEEN THEM HAPPY.

YOU KNOW.

I SEEN THEM HAVE THEIR FAMILIES BACK.

AND YOU KNOW, BEING PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, WORKING JOBS AND IT WAS LIKE MAN IF THEY CAN DO IT I CAN DO IT.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

[♪♪] >> SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH HER.

>> .

>> SINCE SHE WAS TWO DAYS OLD.

SHE WAS IN TREATMENT AND THE LEAST I THINK ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

>> THAT IS WHAT THE PAPERWORK SAID.

AND THE OTHER SAID A WEEK.

>> I DON'T REMEMBER.

>> FIVE OR SIX WEEKS.

SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

THIS IS A FORMAL ASSESSMENT IT WILL COMPARE HER SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TO HER SAME-AIMINGED PEERS BUT IT'S HEAVILY PARENT AND VIEW BASED AND TELL HER SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO HER USING REAL WORDS TRYING TO TELL YOU.

AS A PARENT IT'S NATURAL TO YOU KNOW THEM BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

SO YOU ANTICIPATE HER NEEDS YOU KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS AND YOU GO THROUGH THE ROUTINE AND SHE STARTED SAYING BYE-BYE.

>> EXCUSE ME I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS THE NURSE WHEN SHE CALLS.

>> THAT'S THE NURSE.

>> HELLO?

YES, THIS IS ME.

>> HI.

>> TALK TO ME.

YOU ARE ON THE PHONE.

UP?

PULL DOWN.

PULL DOWN.

PULL DOWN.

>> HI.

>> DOES SHE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE BABY OR ANYTHING?

>> SHE KIND OF ONE DAY SHE TOLD ME SHE HAS A BABY IN HER BELLY.

AND AT FIRST WHEN I WAS TELLING HER, SHE WANTED TO HOLD THE BABY.

SHE WOULD GET MAD.

AND ASK HER WHERE'S MOMMY'S BABY AND SHE WILL POINT TO MY STOMACH.

AND SHE TELLS ME MOMMY'S BABY.

>> YES.

SHE'S SO CUTE.

DID YOU SEE IT?

SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS?

>> SHE IS GOING TO MAKE ME CRY, NOW.

>> AS LONG AS THEY ARE HAPPY TEARS IT'S OKAY.

>> ENJOY.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE IS CRYING.

A BOY OR A GIRL.

SHE WANTS GIRLS.

MAMA IS ON HER WAY.

EVERYONE WANTS HARRY TO COME BUT WE CAN'T BRING HARRY.

>> OH, MY GOD.

>> WHAT?

>> DUDE, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS DIED.

HELLO?

HEY.

I'M ALL RIGHT.

SHE OVERDOSED.

HER DAD FOUND HER.

HER DAD FOUND HER.

SHE HER AND HER DAD FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YEAH.

NO.

BRADEN IS RIGHT HERE.

THIS SUCKS.

>> CAN YOU SEE ME?

>> IF I LIKE DOWN AT YOUR HAND.

YEAH, GET HIM TIGER.

SAY STOP, BRANDON.

OKAY, BRANDON WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK?

>> MOM, MY HAIR.

IT'S HURTING MY HAIR.

>> STICK YOUR HANDOUT.

>> I CAN'T SEE WHAT I'M DOING.

WHAT, BABY?

DO YOU WANT TO PAINT?

ALL RIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH.

YEAH.

TAKE THE BLINDFOLD OFF.

>> IT IS A BOY.

[APPLAUSE] >> IT'S A BOY.

YES.

>> I KNEW IT.

>> I KNEW IT.

>> IT'S A BOY.

>> GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD.

THERE YOU GO.

>> IT'S AWESOME.

>> I KNOW.

WHAT ARE WE NAMING HIM?

>> GOING TO RINSE IT OFF.

THAT WAS FINE.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY BROTHER.

>> WELL, I'M SURPRISED.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GIRL.

ARE YOU REALLY SURPRISED?

I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.

WE'RE HAPPILY PAINTING MY FACE.

WHERE'S BRANDON?

I CAN'T SEE.

SHE IS DOING IT SO TIGHT -- >> SHE IS GOING TO TAKE YOU IN THERE.

>> SIERRA YOU HAVE TO SCOOT.

BRADEN WHERE ARE YOU?

>> I'M RIGHT HERE.

>> I WILL RIP YOUR HAIR OUT IS THAT OKAY?

>> THAT'S FINE.

HE'S RIGHT THERE.

>> OUCH.

>> IS THAT A YES?

[APPLAUSE] >> PERFECT.

PERFECT.

>> I'M TOO PREGNANT FOR THIS.

I'M SHAKING.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M SHAKING.

>> THIS ONE WAS WHEN IT STARTED GETTING BAD AND WHEN MOM DIED IT WAS SO TRAUMATIZING.

STILL TRAUMATIZED BY IT, STILL HAVE FLASHBACKS AND TRIGGERS ON THAT.

AND A WEEK LATER, AFTER THAT, SHE SAW SOMETHING IN THE POND AND I WAS SO HURT THAT SHE HAD DONE IT SO QUICKLY AND I TOOK IT SO PERSONAL.

UP TO THAT POINT I HAD NOT TAKEN ANY OF THIS STUFF PERSONAL.

BUT AT THAT POINT I HAD A BLOCK AND I WOULD NOT PAINT AT ALL.

I COULDN'T GO IN THE ROOM WITHOUT GETTING SICK TO MY STOMACH.

AND I WAS THAT WAY FOR MONTHS.

I'M ASHLEY ELLIS.

MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT MY JOB IS JUST SEEING PEOPLE SEEING THE LIGHT COME ON AND SEEING THE HOPE IN THEIR EYES.

AND GOING TO COURT AND THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND ABOUT TO GET THEIR KIDS BACK AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL PROCESS.

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT NOW.

I GUESS WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT IT, IS THAT BEFORE WHEN I WOULD GET SOBER I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.

SO IT WAS LIKE WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING THIS FOR?

NOW I'M GOT THIS CRAZY LIFE THAT I -- SOMETIMES I WILL WAKE UP LIKE IS THIS MY LIFE?

THIS IS REALLY MY LIFE?

LIKE I WENT FROM BEING HOMELESS LIVING WITH MY PARENTS AND STEALING MONEY AND STUFF FROM THEM, TO GET HEROIN TO NOW IT'S LIKE I'M PREGNANT AND I CAN FEEL MY KID MOVING INSIDE ME AND IT'S REALLY COOL BECAUSE I'M LIKE HE IS MOVING BECAUSE HE IS HEALTHY AND A HEALTHY BABY IN THERE.

AND ALSO IT'S LIKE I HAVE I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST LIKE OKAY.

WITH EVERYTHING IT'S PEACEFUL AND BEFORE IT WAS NEVER LIKE THAT.

IT WAS ALWAYS CONSTANT CHAOS.

JUST, MISERY.

NEVER FORGET IT.

THAT'S IT SO DIFFERENT NOW.

LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO LIFE OF LIVE FOR NOW.

BEFORE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T.

>> GO!

OKAY.

>> WE GOT HER.

>> OKAY.

>> WHAT DO YOU GOT?

>> DO YOU LOVE THEM?

[♪♪] >> HELLO.

>> HEY.

>> HEY.

>> I'M DOWNTOWN IN CHARLESTON.

I WANTED TO READ YOU SOMETHING.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

IF THE FAMILY COURT DEBRA ELLIS VERSUS ASHLEY ELLIS, I ASK TO YOU HER MOM SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED.

AND THIS IS TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS FULL-TIME EMPLOYED.

AND IS DOING MUCH DESERVING OF FULL CUSTODY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE SO WELCOME.

>> ARE YOU OKAY?

>> YEAH.

YEAH, I'M FINE.

>> YOU WORKED SO HARD, ASHLEY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE SO WELCOME.

YOU DID IT.

[♪♪] >> YOU ARE SO CUTE.

SHE CALLED HIM DADDY BEFORE.

>> DADDY.

>> YOU MY BABY.

>> WHERE'S YOUR BABY?

>> MY BABY.

WHAT'S THAT?

IS THIS YOURS?

IS THAT WHAT IT IS?

WHO IS THIS?

WHAT CAN I DO TO QUICKEN IT?

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE AN ISSUE WITH INDUCING THIS TIME.

OKAY.

>> MY BODY HURTS.

TWO CENTIMETERS.

>> THE THING IS THE BABY DOWN LOWER.

>> HE'S -- I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN I SIT UP STRAIGHT, I CAN HE IS NOT UP HERE ANYMORE.

AND I CAN FEEL HIM DOWN THERE AND IT HURTS.

LIKE THIS MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.

I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO BUT IT HURT REALLY BAD.

>> PROBABLY LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF HER BED.

>> PIPER LIKES THE BABY.

>> WE NEED TO WASH THE SHEETS HER WATER BROKE.

>> IT'S JUST WATER.

IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ODOR.

HEY, ASHLEY ARE YOU TESTING THE PROCESS?

>> OH, GOD.

>> I USED TO GET SO PISSED WHEN THEY WOULD TELL ME THAT I DO NOT TRUST THE PROCESS.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GOD'S PROCESS.

AND SO I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW, STEP 12.

OH, THAT'S WHAT THEY MEAN.

AND THEN NOBODY EVER THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN REHAB.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE I WILL SHOW THEM TO YOU.

DID YOU JUST DRINK?

>> NO.

NO.

DEEP BREATH IN.

PUSH, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10.

AGAIN.

PUSH, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, 6, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10.

DEEP BREATH IN.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, 10.

>> HAVING A CONTRACTION?

>> DEEP BREATH IN.

AND PUSH, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, OH, HE IS SUNNY-SIDE UP.

OH, LITTLE MAN!

OH, GOODNESS SAKES.

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

>> RIGHT HERE.

THERE WE GO.

>> HI.

ARE YOU AWAKE NOW?

ARE YOU AWAKE?

I KNOW.

WHAT IS THIS NEW WORLD?

>> WHEN IS THE LAST TIME HE GOT SOME?

>> I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

>> WHY DON'T YOU CHILL FOR A MINUTE.

>> BECAUSE I WANT IT GET THE STUFF OUT.

>> OKAY.

>> WHERE IS IT AT?

IS YOUR CAR LOCKED?

>> PROBABLY NOT.

>> WHERE ARE YOUR KEYS?

THE KEYS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE.

>> I'M TIRED.

>> MOM AND GRANDPARENTS.

>> SO I'VE ALREADY PLACED THIS ON THE RECORD 16 CIGAR FOR WE'RE HERE ON THE MOTION OF DEB PRACTICE ELLIS, THE LEGAL GUARDIAN AND MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER OF THE MINOR CHILD.

>> SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING BEYOND WHAT MY EXPECTATIONS WERE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT SHE'S DONE.

AND SHE IS ALIVE.

AND SHE IS ALIVE.

AND WE'VE SLOWLY TRANSITIONED PIPER THIS PAST YEAR YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WOULD BE A BOND WITH ME, AND IT'S SWEET TO HAVE HER AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND PLUS ASHLEY HAD NOT BEEN A MOTHER BEFORE SO SHE MISSED THAT GAP WE SPENT NIGHTS AFTER NIGHTS DOWN THERE, WHERE I COULD BE IN THE AREA AND IN THE APARTMENT.

BUT SHE WOULD TAKEOVER FULL CONTROL OR CARE OF PIPER.

>> SHE WORKED REALLY HARD.

AND I DO WE AT ONE POINT THOUGHT MAYBE WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE ASHLEY.

IT'S BEEN TOUGH.

THIS LADY IS A HERO.

>> I REMEMBER PIPER AND I REMEMBER [INAUDIBLE] BUT TELL ME WHERE YOU WERE AND WHERE YOU ARE TODAY AND WHERE YOU HOPE YOU WILL BE TOMORROW?

>> IS IT STARTED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL.

AT COLLEGE AT WBU, YOU PARTY AND IT JUST WITH THE DISEASE I HAVE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY DID NOT GO WELL WITH MY BODY AND MY MIND.

SO IT LED TO MANY A ROAD THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GO DOWN.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS NOW?

>> I'M ACTIVE IN OUR RECOVERY COMMUNITY AND I SPONSOR A LOT OF WOMEN AND THAT'S JUST IN ITSELF AND BEING A MOTHER AND HELPING OTHERS IS WHAT MY SHORT-TERM GOAL AND MY LONG-TERM GOAL IS.

>> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO YOUR PARENTS WHILE YOU ARE HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

JUST THANK YOU.

>> SHE SEEMS COMMITTED TO HER SOBRIETY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ON THE WALLS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF THAT DEAL WITH THAT.

AND SHE SEEMS COMMITTED WE TALKED ABOUT HER SPONSOR.

SHE SPONSORS OTHER LADIES NOW.

SHE IS GOING TO THE MEETINGS.

AND I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT SHE'S GOING TO MARRY A FELLOW WHO IS ALSO A RECOVERING ADDICT AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORKOUT IF ONE OF YOU RELAPSES AND THE OTHER ONE.

BUT THEY SEEM COMMITTED.

AND HE'S ALSO WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM AND DOING THE STEPS AND THEY WORK FULL-TIME WHICH HELPS KEEP YOU FROM GETTING IN TROUBLE MOST OF THE TIME.

OTHERWISE THERE WERE NO CPS ISSUES THAT I COULD FIND.

EVERYTHING SEEMS PRETTY GOOD SO I'M ASKING THE COURT TO ADOPT WHAT THE GRANDPARENTS WANT.

>> OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

>> HAPPY FOR YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.

>> HE IS ALL RIGHT.

>> MY LIFE IS SO UNMANAGEABLE.

CAN YOU SEE THIS?

GOING TO STRESS ME OUT EVEN MORE, LISA.

JESUS.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A BABY.

THIS RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S WHAT MY LIFE FEELS LIKE.

TANGLED UP MESS.

OH, MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.

THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

WHICH ONE DO I PLUG IT INTO?

PERFECT.

I KNOW I'LL BE GOING THROUGH IT.

LEAVING HOME.

WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE GOT TO DO.

AND I NEED THE STRUCTURE BACK IN MY LIFE, ANYWAY.

AND IF MY FIANCÉE DOESN'T QUIT ONE OF HIS JOBS I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GO CRAZY.

I NEVER SEE HIM.

WAKE UP.

HOW ARE WE -- WHAT ORDER DO YOU WANT YOUR GUYS IN?

HERE IS YOUR BEST MAN, NICK.

SO NICK, HERE YOU ARE CLOSEST TO.

YOU'RE NO HELP RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT HAPPENED?

>> I CAN'T STAND YOU.

COME ON, BABY.

COME HERE.

MY BUNNY IS GOING TO HAVE TO SCOOT OVER A LITTLE BIT.

ARE YOU SICK?

>> I'M NOT SICK.

>> I WAS MAKING SURE YOU WERE NOT GETTING A FEVER FROM THAT STUFF?

BECAUSE I GOOGLED IT.

>> JESUS, CHRIST.

>> WELL, I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE OKAY.

COME ON BUDDY.

>> ASHLEY.

HE JUST TOOTED IN DADDY'S FACE.

>> I'M GOING UPSTAIRS.

>> OKAY, HONEY.

>> DON'T SLEEP TOO MUCH BECAUSE THEN YOU WON'T WANT TO WAKE UP AND YOU WON'T SLEEP TONIGHT.

YOUR EARS.

>> I WILL BE BACK IN LIKE FIVE MINUTES.

>> YOU WILL BE LONGER THAN THAT.

>> HE'S UPSTAIRS GOING BACK TO SLEEP.

HE'S EXHAUSTED.

HEY.

>> WHAT YOU LOOKING AT?

YOU GOT TO GO WAKE HIM UP.

IT'S TIME TO WAKE HIM UP.

I LEFT WORK YESTERDAY, AND GOT IN THE CAR, I COULD JUST FEEL LIKE THIS HUGE LIKE STRESS RELIEF JUST LIKE I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.

BUT, LIKE I KNEW WE WERE COMING TO LOUISVILLE SO IT WAS LIKE THANK GOD, YOU KNOW.

I WANT TO CRY.

BRADEN HAS RELAPSED AND MY WHOLE LIFE I FEEL LIKE HAS JUST BEEN TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN.

UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THIS SIDE OF IT.

SO IT'S REALLY HARD.

JUST REALLY AFRAID I'M GOING TO LOSE HIM.

SO OUR WEDDING IS OFF.

WE'RE NOT GETTING MARRIED.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.

AND LIKE A MONTH.

SO JUST ALL THESE CHANGES MY LIFE HAS BEEN REALLY HARD.

JUST I DID MOVE OUT AND MOVED IN WITH MY PARENTS.

AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING THAT I LIKE AT ALL.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW I'M 32 AND LIVING BACK AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE.

BUT I'M GRATEFUL AT THE SAME TIME THAT I HAVE THEM, HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO.

BUT, YEAH, SO I'M HERE TODAY BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

SOBER.

[♪♪] >> MOM TOLD ME NOT TO DO DRUGS.

>> I LIKE HOW IT SAYS MOST RECENT SOBRIETY DAY.

>> I GUESS IT'S LIKE HARD FOR ME TO NOT HAVE HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

AND THEN IT'S LIKE HE CONTINUES DOING THIS IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.

SO LIKE WHERE DO I DRAW THE LINE AND STOP ALL COMMUNICATIONS?

I DON'T WANT TO.

BUT DO I NEED TO?

YOU KNOW.

AND THEN IT MAKES ME THINK I DID THE STUFF TO MY PARENTS.

MY PARENTS I DID THIS TO THEM FOR YEARS.

LIKE, HOW CAN THEY STILL TALK TO ME?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S JUST IT'S HARD.

THIS ISN'T COMING UP, OF COURSE.

BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO THINK ANYTHING WOULD GO HOW I WANT IT TO.

I JUST WANT TO GO HOME.

>> I WENT BACK TO WORK DROP-OFF AT FAIRFIELD.

AT FAIRFIELD.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

LET ME CALL YOU WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF THE CAR.

JUST REALLY FRUSTRATING.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT HE IS SORRY ANYMORE.

LIKE I TOLD HIM YESTERDAY, I WAS LIKE, NONE OF THIS MEANS ANYTHING.

I DON'T CARE YOU ARE SORRY.

I DON'T CARE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ASHER AND HANGOUT WITH PIPER I DON'T CARE THAT YOU LOVE ME.

YOUR ACTIONS DON'T PROVE THAT.

HE JUST THINKS LIKE THAT I DON'T GET IT AND BRADEN, I'M IN RECOVERY.

I SHOT UP FOR YEARS I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU'RE SORRY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE NOT SORRY.

IF YOU WERE SORRY YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IF YOU WANTED TO SEE YOUR SON YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

INSTEAD OF LOVING ON THE STREET WHEN YOU HAVE A HOME TO COME HOME TO YOU CHOOSE TO GET HIGH INSTEAD OF COME HOME.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE I FEEL LIKE [INAUDIBLE] AND I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE I WANT TO LIKE WIPE MY HANDS RELIEVE ME OF THIS, YOU KNOW.

>> LOOK, ASHER.

>> NO, NANNA.

>> WE HAVE TO SEE HER EAT.

>> MOMMY, LOOK.

>> WOW.

>> WANT TO GET BIG TIME THINGS DONE TOMORROW.

>> NANNA.

>> MOMMY IS SO BUSY.

DANCE WITH NANNA.

OTHER WAY.

>> YOU ARE A GOOD DANCER.

LOOK AT SCHOOLBY DO.

>> .

>> I HAPPY.

>> HERE.

YOU WANT A CHEERS?

CHEERS.

MMMM.

CHEERS.

>> DO YOU WANT SOME MILK?

>> I KNEW IT WAS COMING.

I KNEW FOR SURE.

TUESDAY MORNING, BECAUSE SHE RESPONDED TO A TEXT BRIGHT AND EARLY WITH HER OLD ATTITUDE.

AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN IT TRIGGERED AND I KNEW RIGHT THEN THAT I WAS RIGHT.

IT WAS LIKE SHE MADE THE COMMENT WELL, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO STAY BUT I'M IN HUNTINGTON BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A KEY TO MY OWN HOUSE.

WHEN SHE SAID THAT I'M LIKE TRIGGER.

YEAH.

>> HAD HE DONE THE RIGHT THING AND DISAPPEARED SHE WOULD STILL BE SOBER.

AND SHE WILL HAVE NURSING HOME DREAMS IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING.

AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT, FOREVER.

THESE ARE HERS.

THEY ARE GROSS.

AND HERE IS A CHIP.

YEAH THAT IS A AN AA CHIP.

>> THAT'S WHERE I FOUND THE NEEDLE.

>> I JUST KNEW IT WAS COMING.

I MEAN SHE FILED THE PROTECTION ORDER.

HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.

AND THEN THEY TOLD HER TO COME HERE AND PLACE IT OVER HERE.

SO IT COULD BE PUBLICIZED IN THE PAPER AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SERVING HIM AND I DON'T THINK SHE DID THAT.

AND WHEN SHE DID NOT DO IT THAT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY AND MONDAY WHEN I TEXTED HER AND ASKED HER, I FORGOT I WILL DO IT NOW.

AND THEN SHE SAYS SHE DID IT.

AND I ASKED HER FOR PICTURE PROOF AND I NEVER GOT IT.

SO WHEN I DON'T GET PICTURE PROOF I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SHE DIDN'T DO IT.

SO I KNOW SHE DIDN'T FILE.

NOT THAT IT MATTERS NOW.

BUT SHE LET HER BOUNDARIES DOWN.

WHICH IN REALITY I CAN FULLY GET IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PERSON CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH PLUS SHE IS DEALING WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION ON TOP OF THAT.

AND IT'S HARD.

AND SHE JUST FELL.

SO, BUT, I THINK SHE'LL CLIMB BACK UP.

MARK ON THE OTHER HAND TOLD ME LAST NIGHT SHE WILL NEVER BE SOBER AGAIN.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

YOU KNOW SHE WILL NEVER MAKE IT.

OH, LORD, WHAT FAITH.

>> SO WHERE IS HE NOW?

>> ON THE STREETS.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE BABIES?

>> ME.

>> MARK HAS THE BABY AND THE OTHER GRANDMOTHER HAS PIPER.

>> WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER?

>> ?

LOUISVILLE.

TREATMENT.

>> SHE IN TREATMENT?

>> SHE RELAPSED?

>> YEP.

>> I'M SO SORRY.

>> SHE MAY JUST BE DOING THAT BECAUSE SHE HAS TO AND THEN SHE'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO FIND HIM OR WHATEVER AND YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT HAVE A HOLD ON HER AGAIN.

>> IT'S ONE THING THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.

MAKES IT SPECIAL BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF REMOVES.

>> I ALWAYS HAD THE TWO LADIES IN HER.

>> MAY I BE SUPPORTIVE, MAY I BE HAPPY.

MAY I FEEL LIGHTER.

>> MAY I FEEL AT PEACE.

>> MAY I FEEL AT PEACE.

>> MAY I FEEL SUPPORTED.

>> MAY I FEEL SUPPORTED.

MAY I BE HAPPY.

>> MAY I BE HAPPY.

>> MAY I FEEL LIGHTER.

>> MAY I FEEL LIGHTER.

>> MAY I FEEL AT PEACE.

>> MAY I FEEL AT PEACE.

>> I NEED MY [INAUDIBLE].

>> YOUR DOLL STUFF FOR YOUR DOLL HOUSE?

YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE.

IF YOU ASK NANNA THEY ARE IN THE BAG WE PUT THEM THAT BAG BECAUSE WE TOOK THEM ON OUR TRIP.

>> NO THE DOLL HOUSE.

>> RIGHT.

>> I NEED MIDOL HOUSE DOLLS.

THEY ARE BOLL HOUSE DOLLS ARE IN THE BAG.

>> NO.

>> NO, THE DOLL HOUSE.

>> THEY ARE IN THE BAG.

>> I NEED THIS DOLL HOUSE DOLL.

>> THAT DOLL HOUSE DOLL IS IN THE BAG OVER THERE.

I'M ABOUT TO LOSE IT.

>> I DID NOT.

>> THE DOLL HOUSE IS IN THE BAG.

WOW.

>> MOMMY.

YOU KNOW MOMMY.

YOU KNOW MOMMY.

>> YES, IT'S MOMMY.

>> MOMMY.

MOMMY.

MOMMY.

MOMMY.

>> SO YOU'RE GOING TO STAY AT YOUR PARENTS?

AND BRADEN BACK?

>> HE IS GOING TO HIS GRANDMA'S.

>> OKAY.

>> UNTIL I GET A JOB AND GET MONEY COMING IN.

AND THEN I'M OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.

>> SO ARE THEY CORDIAL?

>> NOT YET.

>> THEY WILL BE.

IN TIME.

>> I WILL HAVE TO TALK TO THEM.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

DON'T CRY.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO.

I'M HAPPY FOR YOU, I AM.

I CRIED LAST TIME.

I THINK IT'S HARDER THIS TIME BECAUSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS GOING TO STAY SOBER OR NOT.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY SOBER.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I WISH WE KNEW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> ONE DAY.

>> GIVE ME A HUG.

>> AND THANKS FOR TALKING TO ME.

>> DON'T STOP.

>> THOSE ARE MINE.

>> I WON'T, THANK.

GO FORTH AND DO GOOD.

>> GO FORTH AND DO GOOD.

>> ARE YOU WILLING TO GO TO ANY LENGTHS FOR OUR SOBRIETY?

>> I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

>> PLEASE DON'T CRY.

DON'T CRY.

>> BYE JUNIOR.

I DO LIKE GOD SPEAKS TO YOU THROUGH PEOPLE AND YOU COMING BACK WAS TELLING ME TO GET BACK INTO AA AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> PLEASE DO.

DON'T END UP LIKE ME.

>> TOLD ME TO TELL YOU I LOVED YOU.

>> BE CAREFUL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOVE Y'ALL.

>> HI, BUDDY.

HI, BABY.

HI!

HI!

HOW YOU'VE BEEN?

I BROUGHT YOU SOMETHING.

YOU WANT TO SEE?

I BROUGHT YOU AND I ALSO BROUGHT YOU WHAT ARE THESE?

OH, I MISSED YOU.

I MISSED YOU.

ARE YOU HAPPY MOMMY'S HOME?

ME TOO, GIRLFRIEND.

GUESS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO?

DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND SEE FROZEN 2 WITH MOMMY?

>> YEAH!

>> OKAY.

WE'LL DO THAT TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY.

SHOULD WE OPEN YOUR BUNGEES.

WHAT IS ASHER DOING?

IS HE EATING?

HE'S NOT EATING.

I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.

YOU KNOW YOU MAKE MY LIFE BETTER?

YOU KNOW, YOU DO.

SO MUCH BETTER.

YOU TAKE ALL MY WORRIES AWAY.

YOU BEEN THERE WITH NANNA?

ASHER.

>> IT IS A NEW CHAPTER, BUDDY.

ARE YOU READY?

YEAH.

YEAH.

GO GET HYMN SPONSOR.

>> YEP.

>> YOU NEED HELP?

>> NOPE.

>> NOPE.

ALL RIGHT WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.

>> LIKE LAST NIGHT I GOT EMOTIONAL AND LIKE I SAID TO HIM, YOU HAVE A FAMILY NOW THAT YOU JUST SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT AND HE SAID WHAT FAMILY AND I SEND HIM PICTURES AND THAT IS YOUR FAMILY.

HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO THESE BABIES HOW DARE YOU.

HAVE MY THREE-YEAR-OLD ASKING ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN HUNTINGTON SHOOTING DOPE, DOING GOD KNOWS WHAT.

HOW DARE YOU.

ASHER.

ASHER.

[♪♪] [♪♪] >> I KNOW.

>> RIGHT AFTER WORK TOMORROW.

OKAY.

I NEED YOU TO DO CHECKING IN.

>> LIKE WHAT?

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> JUST MESSAGE ME AND PICTURE PROOF ME.

>> YOU WANT TO SEE MY BALD SPOT?

YOU SEE IT?

>> YEAH, MAN.

>> YOU WANT TO SEE?

MOMMY'S HAIR FELL OUT.

>> WHY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IT JUST HAPPENED.

WANT TO SEE AGAIN?

>>HE'S THAT CALLING ME.

>> MESSAGE LIZ.

>> SHE TOLD ME.

I HAD LIKE A MILLION HE SENT MY DAD'S FRIEND, LEE A FRIEND REQUEST.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING, DUDE?

>> HE SENT ME A FRIEND REQUEST.

>> HE SENT JAMIE MOFFETT ONE.

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE HE SENT A REQUEST.

TRYING TO GET TO ME.

>> ABOUT TIME?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

WE CAN'T SEE ASHER.

>> FLASHLIGHT.

GOSH.

OKAY.

YOU BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

>> ASHER?

>> ASHER DOESN'T NEED BABY POWDER.

MY WEDDING DRESS IS IN THE BACK OF MY DAD'S CAR.

YOU KNOW, $1700.

FOR WHAT?

YOU KNOW.

BUT I GAVE MY MOM PLACES WHERE HE COULD SELL STUFF.

SO, YEAH, YES, SUCKS.

TAKE OFF CRAWLING AGAIN?

GO GET MY PHONE TO GET SOME PICTURES.

>> I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN ASHLEY'S CAR.

I DON'T WANT YOU DRIVING IT UNTIL IT'S CLEANED OUT.

>> IN THE TRUNK?

>> RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE SITTING.

>> SHE CLEANED AND YOU'VE SAT IN IT AND KNOW IT'S THERE?

UNDER THE SEAT COVER.

>> NO.

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

>> SO I WAS WATCHING.

OKAY.

>> THE CAR DOWN THE SPEEDWAY AND HOW SHE GET TO DOING THAT.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> >> WHERE, BUDDY?

WHERE?

>> CAN'T STAND IT.

>> DO YOU SEE IT ON THE OUTSIDE?

IT'S ALL THIS, RIGHT?

OKAY.

WOW, IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS AND HE'S BEEN ON THE STREETS.

FULL OF AFFECTION.

NOT GETTING THE TREATMENT SHE NEEDS.

AND A NIGHTMARE WHERE I WAS LOOKING FOR HER AND I WAS ON AN ALLEY DARK ALLEY, JUST LIKE I WAS OUT LOOKING FOR HER IN REALITY.

AND I FOUND A DOG A FEMALE DOG AND THE DOG WAS HURT AND HARDLY BREATHING.

SO I PICKED THE DOG UP AND IT WALKED WITH HER AND TRIED TO HEEL HER AND -- HEAL HER AND I COULDN'T SAVE HER.

AND DIDN'T THINK I COULD SAVE HER SO I LOOKED AROUND AND PLACED HER UNDER SOMEONE'S PORCH DECK MAYBE THEY COULD HELP HER.

SO I WAITED A COUPLE DAYS AND I HAD TO GO SEE IF SHE WAS STILL THERE AND I WENT AND SHE WAS STILL THERE.

SHE WAS ALIVE.

BUT BARELY.

AND THEN I REMEMBER IT SO VIVIDLY AND TO MY LEFT, CAME ACROSS PUPPIES THAT WERE JUST RANDOM PUPPIES NOT ONE LITTER RANDOM PUPPIES AND ALL TRYING TO GET TO HER LIKE THEY WANTED SOMETHING FROM HER.

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HER IN THE BEGINNING OF HER RELAPSE.

WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT EVERYBODY NEEDED A PIECE OF HER SO THE POINT THEY PUT HER ON A PEDESTAL AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE IT TO GIVE THEM.

AND THAT IT WAS TOO HARD TO BE PERFECT.

AND AND THIS IS THE HOUSE SHOOT SHE I FOUND HER AT TWICE.

BUT THEY TORN DOWN SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST.

YOU KNOW THE TRAP HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE.

NOT HERE.

IT'S BACK HERE, THE TRAP HOUSE.

ALL KINDS OF GUYS NOT BRANDON.

I THINK MY DAUGHTER IS IN THIS HOUSE.

NO WAY IN THE WORLD HER ARM IS GETTING BETTER.

THAT'S HOW YOU GOT THAT INFECTION?

>> NO.

WHEN YOU SHOOT UP AND YOU MISS THE VEIN IT GOES INTO YOUR ARM AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THAT.

>> YOU TOLD ME YOU DIDN'T SHOOT UP.

>> I HAVE NOT SHOT UP IN THIS ARM SINCE I DID THAT.

>> OKAY.

>> I DON'T KNOW I DON'T THINK IT WILL BURN.

JUST LEAVE IT ON FOR A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY?

>> WHAT?

NO YOU ARE GOING TO WAIT FOR ME BECAUSE I'M NOT WALKING BY MYSELF.

I'M NOT WALKING BY MYSELF.

I'M NOT WALKING BY MYSELF.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

IS PIPER GOING TO PRESCHOOL?

>> YES.

>> WHERE IS SHE GOING?

>> SAME PLACE.

>> GOOD.

CALLING ME RIGHT NOW AND SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE YOU THIS EVENING.

YOU GOT ANOTHER SPOT OPENING.

>> TOMORROW SCRATCH IT.

>> ABSCESSED.

>> NO, IT'S NOT.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

>> NO.

IT'S NOT ABSCESSED.

>> I CAN'T HANDLE MUCH MORE.

ALL OF IT.

>> ALL OF IT.

>> I WILL TRADE IT FOR.

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TRADE IT FOR?

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

CAN'T HANDLE THIS WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE?

>> MY KIDS.

I CAN'T HANDLE THEM.

>> NOT IN THIS STATE YOU CAN'T.

BUT YOU KNOW, I'M BETTER ON THIS...

I'M COMING.

JUST GO WITHOUT ME THEN.

BYE.

>> GOD!

>> I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU.

BYE.

>> JESUS CHRIST.

WOW.

THE...

I DEAL WITH.

YOU ARE DEALING WITH IT, WHY?

>> BECAUSE I'M SICK.

THAT'S WHY.

>> YEAH BUT YOU ARE SICK EMOTIONALLY MORE THAN YOU ARE DOPED.

GET TREATMENT.

I MEAN IT'S LIKE YOU ARE BEATING YOURSELF UP.

I MEAN IT'S LIKE YOU AREET ISING YOURSELF UP WHY ARE YOU BEATING YOURSELF UP?

WHAT FOR?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

>> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT.

>> THERE'S NOTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE TO MAKE YOURSELF STAY IN THIS SITUATION.

THERE'S NOTHING.

>> I'LL CALL YOU GUYS LATER TONIGHT.

I LOVE Y'ALL.

>> I LOVE YOU MORE.

BYE.

[♪♪] >> GO START YOUR LIFE.

>> IT WAS LIKE NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CRY, BUT -- [INAUDIBLE].

>> I AM, TOO.

>> LIKE YOU HAVE SO MUCH CHOICE THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T GET THE CHANCE LIKE YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR FAMILY.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR MY MOM.

DUDE, I SAW A PICTURE OF HER, SHE IS A MESS IN LEWISBURG AND LIKE SHE'S SO TIRED.

SHE IS SO SKINNY.

SO THAT IS A BAD SCAR.

NO, WE HAD TO [INAUDIBLE] NO, IT IS REALLY BAD.

>> OKAY.

>> I MEAN, IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.

>> AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T GET ANGRY AND START CALLING ME.

>> HE DOESN'T GET ANGRY WHEN HE'S SOBER ONLY WHEN HE IS HIGH.

HE'S SOBER.

>> SO YEAH, HE IS IN -- >> YEAH, BUT, ALL RIGHT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THE REASON I'M OKAY WITH YOU DOING SOBER LIVING IS BECAUSE I TALK TO YOU EVERYDAY AND I KNOW WHERE YOUR MIND IS AT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS IS.

>> THE SAME AS MINE RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT IS WHAT YOU WOULD TELL ME, THOUGH.

>> NO I'M NOT LYING RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE REASON I'M GOING TO CHARLESTON IS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE HIS MIND IS GOING TO BE AND I WANT TO KNOW.

YOU KNOW?

AND YEAH, LET'S JUST [INAUDIBLE].

SO THERE'S THAT.

>> GOT THE HOUSE, GOT THE MAIN, GOT THE FAMILY.

AND IT'S LIKE YOU LOOK, THE JOB, THE CAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LIKE YOU SEE THIS AND THEN IT'S LIKE DAMN, IT HITS YOU SUCKER-PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE AND YOU LOSE EVERYTHING.

>> IT'S SO SAD WHEN I START THINKING ABOUT MY KIDS.

THAT IS SO SAD.

BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT NUMBED THAT PAIN AND GIVE ME MORE.

HE WOULD HAVE IT.

LIKE I WILL START TO CRY.

HOW SAD THAT?

>> IT'S HORRIBLE.

>> I MISS HIM SO MUCH.

>> I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE, EVER, EVER DID I THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE AGAIN.

I TELL YOU WHAT, RIGHT NOW, IT IS -- I THINK THIS TIME YOU OPEN YOUR EYES ASHLEY AND THAT IS WHAT IS THE KIDS WILL BE WHAT SAVES YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND.

>> IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ID ON HIM OR ANYTHING.

THERE WAS NOTHING.

THEY JUST KNEW IT WAS HIM BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN MISSING.

AND, YEAH.

THE LIKE DESCRIPTION THAT THEY GAVE.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> YEAH, THAT IS WHAT THIS GIRL CALLED ME AND THE GIRL THAT FOUND HIM.

>> YEAH.

>> HAVE YOU NOT TALKED TO HIM?

>> I HAVE NOT TALKED TO HIM SINCE WEDNESDAY.

>> I THOUGHT HE WAS IN TREATMENT.

>> HE LEFT.

BRING IT DOWN.

THE ANGER.

>> HI.

>> I LOVE IT.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB.

>> I LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE REALLY PRETTY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> BRANDON YOU ARE A PART OF THIS EARTH.

SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU AND I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST CLUE.

AND I NEVER WANTED TO PICTURE LIFE WITHOUT YOU AND I'M FORCED TO.

I WILL BE THE BEST MOMMY TO ASHER AND PIPER AND I WILL TALK ABOUT YOU UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

THE STORY HOW WE MET AND HOW YOU USED TO TRY TO EMBARRASS ME IN PUBLIC.

I WILL TAKE THE KIDS TO DISNEYWORLD AND I WILL VISIT RANDOM PLACES.

I WILL GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND BUY A HOUSE AND.

I'LL GET THE KIDS A BULLDOG AND THE FUNNY NAME JUST LIKE YOU WANTED.

I WILL TEACH ASHER THE THINGS DADDY WAS THE BEST MAN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING.

[♪♪] >> HI!

>> WHAT YOU GOT?

HEY, ASHER?

OUR NAILS MATCH.

HOW DID YOU KNOW MY FINGER NAILS WERE RED?

WANT TO SEE MY PURPLE HAIR SO WE CAN MATCH.

WOW.

WHOA.

LOOK AT MY BABIES.

LOOK AT MY BABIES.

THANK YOU.

ASHER?

>> I LOVE YOU.

OKAY.

2:00 AND I WILL BE THERE.

YEP.

KISSES.

MY HUGS AND KISSES.

>> MOMMY.

>> SHE IS LOOKING RIGHT BACK.

I LOVE YOU.

I'LL SEE YOU AT 2:00 TOMORROW.

I LOVE YOU.

CALL US WHEN GET HOME.

>> I WILL.

I WILL CALL YOU WHEN I GET HOME.

>> SHE SAYS BYE.

>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH ON TV?

>> READY FOR BED?

WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR BOTTLE BUDDY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET IT.

>> PIPER, I'LL PECULIAR YOU UP.

PICK YOU UP.

AND AMANDA WILL GET IT.

I'LL SEE YOU EARLY AT BEDTIME.

>> ARE YOU READY?

>> WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT PULLS MORE I TOLD YOU OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO.

>> ONE MORE TRIP.

>> PUT YOU UP HERE?

SHE'S OVER HERE.

WANT TO GO GET HER?

[♪♪] OKAY.

[♪♪] [♪♪]