2016 was a life-altering year for Kia. After her mother passed away, she fell into an addiction spiral that ultimately led her to leave her husband and her three young daughters. “I ended up in prison,” Kia recalls. “I was released in 2019 only to jump right back into drugs.”
By 2021, Kia’s baby girl was born into addiction. Child Protective Services removed the infant immediately, and Kia remembers feeling utterly defeated. “I didn’t even fight for her,” she says. “There was no fight left in me. I felt like I had nothing.”
The months that followed were some of the darkest of her life. Homeless and living in a tent, Kia felt there was no way out.
But in 2022, everything shifted. She learned she was pregnant again. This time with a little boy who, in her words, “would save my life.”
“I hit my knees and begged God,” Kia says. “One day I woke up and said I was done.”
Because her case involving her daughter was still open, her newborn son was removed from her care at birth, even though both she and her baby were drug‑free. But this time, Kia fought. Within five months, she was granted a monitored return.
Today, Kia’s son is two years old, and she is expecting a daughter in July. “My life was saved,” she says. “God spared me.”
Along the way, Kia found the support system she had always needed. “I am forever grateful to the family God placed in my life just when I needed them,” she shares. “Not only did they believe in me, their support helped me believe in myself.”
She also credits her case manager and the structure and encouragement she found through Family Drug Court. “The support I received from them was life‑changing,” Kia says.
Several years ago, Kia couldn’t imagine living a healthy life again, let alone raising her children. But today, she is living proof of what can happen when someone receives the chance and the belief they deserve.
“Recovery does happen,” she says. “Sometimes we just need someone to believe in us. Texas Family Care Network believed in me, and I am so thankful for another chance.”