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I woke up in a Tucson shelter with no memory of how I got there. My kids were gone. The state took them. And the worst part? I was clean for 11 months. But one cigarette at a rest stop destroyed everything.

A 32-year-old mother of two tells the harrowing story of losing her children to the Arizona foster system after a single moment of weakness. From a hopeful drive to a new life in Tucson to waking up on a shelter cot with a DCS caseworker delivering the news, this is her raw, unflinching confession. She fought to prove her innocence, only to learn that the system doesn't care about innocence—it cares about safety. This is the story of how she stopped fighting the system and started fighting herself.

Some stories don't make the local news. They happen in the shadows of interstate rest stops, in the fluorescent glow of homeless shelters, in the sterile visiting rooms of state offices. This is one of those stories. It's a story about how one bad choice—or even the appearance of one—can cost you everything. And how sometimes, the only way to win is to stop fighting and start becoming someone worth trusting.

What would you do if you woke up and your children were gone? Have you ever had to prove you're not who they say you are? Drop your thoughts in the comments. Subscribe and hit the bell for more raw, real confessions from the edges of America.

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