Elizabeth Sanders folds her children’s laundry in her shared bedroom at Cheryl’s House of Hope on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, as she gets ready to spend Thanksgiving Day with her two children, who currently live with their grandmother. After being more than 100 days sober, Sanders will spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her sons Elias and Draevyn and tries to rebuild her life three months after the unplanned birth of her youngest son in a Chillicothe Burger King bathroom toilet made international news in August of 2018 while she was under the influence of heroin.
Elizabeth Sanders prays with her two children shortly after her and Cheryl Beverly arrive at Tonya Brown’s home to celebrate Thanksgiving with several of Beverly’s friends. Sanders temporarily got supervised visitation for the holiday.
Elizabeth Sanders tries to rock her son Elias to sleep before they leave to return to Cheryl’s House of Hope for when Elizabeth’s mom, who has temporary custody is ready to come pick the boys up. Sanders has not given up the hope that as her recovery progresses, she will regain custody of her children again.
Elizabeth watches her son Draevyn say he is hungry as baby Elias finishes his bottle at the Brown home in Chillicothe Thursday afternoon.
Before she sits down to eat Thanksgiving dinner at Tonya Brown’s home, Elizabeth Sanders givers your youngest son Elias, 3 months, a bottle to keep him calm as she eats dinner with the Brown family and her oldest son Draevyn.
Elizabeth Sanders watches her son Draevyn ignore his Thanksgiving dinner to play a game on Sanders cell phone.
Draevyn races around the table to get more desert from his mom Elizabeth as she spends Thanksgiving Day with her two sons at the Brown home.
Draevyn hugs his mom as she changes Elias’ diaper after eater their Thanksgiving meal at the Brown home in Chillicothe.
Draevyn plugs his ears and screams as adults argue during a Thanksgiving dinner in Chillicothe, Ohio with his mother Elizabeth Sanders.
Elizabeth Sanders takes a moment to herself outside after the crazy Thanksgiving festivities at the Brown home in Chillicothe.
Elizabeth Sanders keeps images and artwork on her wall of her two sons, boyfriend, and daughter in her bedroom at Cheryl’s House of Hope as a reminder as to why she needs to try and stay sober and become a mom to her three children.