Bad memories
For those of you in Portland, the woman who strangled her toddler with a shoelace is an ex-client of ours at the shelter. I remember her pretty well. She was in once with her kids and once without but I can’t remember which came first. Maybe she was in three times which was our limit for clients. I think that I case managed her at one point because I can remember dealing with her a lot and her kids, not so much. Since I was the family program coordinator, it was usually the other way around. I do remember that the last time she was in, her mental instability was really manifesting (I don’t remember much sign of that before) and her face was strangely red and angry all of the time.
