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<blockquote data-quote="virginiabreeze" data-source="post: 473230" data-attributes="member: 13069"><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">She contacted me early this morning to tell me she is ok - she just desperately needed sleep and took a sleeping pill.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">She wants me to anonymously report the family that she thinks her daughter might be staying with to Child Protective Services. She wants me to call the property management company of the apartment complex the family resides in and tell them that the family is harboring a minor child without her consent. She wants me to call the police and ask them to raid the apartment complex because the children are smoking pot there. Are these good ideas? Is this what I should be doing to help her?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Below is my response to my sisters email to me </span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">XXXX - the family XXXXX is involved with is awful. What they are doing is wrong. But, think about what the nun has told you - her words come from a place of quite prayer and contemplation. She is asking you to find a way to draw XXXXX back to you. </span></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">When I was XXXXXs age, I believed that Mother disapproved of <u>everything</u> I did - my interaction with her was so negative. Every interaction I had, I made sure to magnify the slightest things and turn her into a monster. I had my roommates convinced that she was awful - we all called her "'Mommy Dearest". Your daughter reminds me so much of myself. It took years, well into my adulthood, for me to realize that so much of my problem with Mother I manufactured in my own head. Something eventually clicked in my head, and I was able to see Mother as a flawed human - just like everyone else is. I do believe it was a miracle; a Godly intervention took place - because the change came from within me, not Mom. I know this isn't much help to you for today. But you are a beautiful person, and a wonderful Mother, and your daughter is so blessed to have you. I pray everyday that God intervenes in XXXXX's life and I believe my prayers will be answered.</span></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Love you, </span></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Am I letting my sister down by not calling the police, CPS, the apartment complex? Would it help to get my niece back by harassing her friends, or would it make things worse. I have never been asked to do something like this - </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="virginiabreeze, post: 473230, member: 13069"] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]She contacted me early this morning to tell me she is ok - she just desperately needed sleep and took a sleeping pill.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]She wants me to anonymously report the family that she thinks her daughter might be staying with to Child Protective Services. She wants me to call the property management company of the apartment complex the family resides in and tell them that the family is harboring a minor child without her consent. She wants me to call the police and ask them to raid the apartment complex because the children are smoking pot there. Are these good ideas? Is this what I should be doing to help her?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]Below is my response to my sisters email to me [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]XXXX - the family XXXXX is involved with is awful. What they are doing is wrong. But, think about what the nun has told you - her words come from a place of quite prayer and contemplation. She is asking you to find a way to draw XXXXX back to you. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]When I was XXXXXs age, I believed that Mother disapproved of [U]everything[/U] I did - my interaction with her was so negative. Every interaction I had, I made sure to magnify the slightest things and turn her into a monster. I had my roommates convinced that she was awful - we all called her "'Mommy Dearest". Your daughter reminds me so much of myself. It took years, well into my adulthood, for me to realize that so much of my problem with Mother I manufactured in my own head. Something eventually clicked in my head, and I was able to see Mother as a flawed human - just like everyone else is. I do believe it was a miracle; a Godly intervention took place - because the change came from within me, not Mom. I know this isn't much help to you for today. But you are a beautiful person, and a wonderful Mother, and your daughter is so blessed to have you. I pray everyday that God intervenes in XXXXX's life and I believe my prayers will be answered.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Love you, [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]Am I letting my sister down by not calling the police, CPS, the apartment complex? Would it help to get my niece back by harassing her friends, or would it make things worse. I have never been asked to do something like this - [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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