It’s been an emotional morning since learning yesterday that our Shawnee County District Attorney is putting a work group together to establish a mental health court in the Third Judicial District. When my kids temporarily went into state’s custody for abuse, being brought before such an awesome authority in our courts was frightening. I can’t begin to imagine what my peers with similar diagnoses are going through in criminal proceedings, but my county commissioner fully supports this necessity. He said that they would discuss funding for a mental health court in coming months and I’m a weepy, hot mess. I’m so grateful to my county commissioner and our D.A., Mr. Kagay for this effort.