Kudos to Mary Callahan for having the courage to tell the truth. (Aug. 11)

Finally someone is willing to stand up and say “DHS should not hold all the cards in foster care.”

It is encouraging to see that she includes a story of how the system worked for someone. This seems to prove that not all Department of Human Services caseworkers are corrupted by personal feelings or prejudgments in case files.

Having dealt with DHS in attempts to secure my husband’s children with our family, I understand all too well the troubles and miscommunications. The rules can be broken for some and but not others.

DHS gives you hoops to jump through and, of course, you do. Then they set them on fire and raise them 50 feet. You hope you’ll make it, and they hope you crash and burn.

DHS made many excuses to keep the children out of our custody. Every move we made with the children was scrutinized and our side of any dispute was ignored. Yet their foster parent never even had her home inspected. Mine was on many occasions.

We in no way claim to be faultless and could have done many things differently, but my husband feels as though he is being treated like a criminal. The children are the ones being punished for it.

Sharon Hall, Lewiston

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