My name is Dawn, and I am a mom of a Recovering Heroin Addict. My husband Joe and I have custody of my grandson Elijah due to my daughter's addiction (Happy that she is clean and sober for 8 years come December 7, 2023) We received full custody when Elijah was 18 months old, and he is now 12 years old. One day, Elijah and I were joking around, and I told him how lucky he was to have us. Then it clicked!! What about all the Children who do not have family that can take them in and raise them, love them, tuck them into bed at night etc. That is how and why BTDEL was formed. The name came about because Elijah for some reason was singing the Star-Spangled Banner and he got to the part that says, "By the Dawn's Early Light" and looked at me and we both knew that was it. Plus, my name is Dawn - could not have worked out any better. We took a negative in life and turned it into a positive. My daughter has told me that she believes that God has put her through her addiction so I could find my purpose in Life.
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