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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 330116" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>Julie, this is not an update I wanted to hear. The pain in my heart right now is making the tears well up and overflow. Sweet Betsy has no idea how lucky she is to have a mother who is willing to say no when every fiber of her being wants to save her. I've been that mother. I sat in the hospital and saw what monsters did to my son because he made a foolish choice. Like Betsy, he never hurt anyone but himself...and when I saw him with the blood and bruising and the pain in his face, my heart was broken. Luckily, we did find the people responsible---and prosecuted---but the incident did nothing to change the actions of my son long term. What did change things was when I accepted that he had to be want to change as much as I wanted him to. Things are not great here---his actions have placed him on a tough road to travel, and it will take a lot of work to get where he needs to be in order to have the successful, productive life he professes to want now. But he has made some changed. He is, for the first time in his life, trying to make a life for himself. It took me letting go---accepting him for who he is, and allowing him to face the consequences he brought upon himself. Hugs...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 330116, member: 1436"] Julie, this is not an update I wanted to hear. The pain in my heart right now is making the tears well up and overflow. Sweet Betsy has no idea how lucky she is to have a mother who is willing to say no when every fiber of her being wants to save her. I've been that mother. I sat in the hospital and saw what monsters did to my son because he made a foolish choice. Like Betsy, he never hurt anyone but himself...and when I saw him with the blood and bruising and the pain in his face, my heart was broken. Luckily, we did find the people responsible---and prosecuted---but the incident did nothing to change the actions of my son long term. What did change things was when I accepted that he had to be want to change as much as I wanted him to. Things are not great here---his actions have placed him on a tough road to travel, and it will take a lot of work to get where he needs to be in order to have the successful, productive life he professes to want now. But he has made some changed. He is, for the first time in his life, trying to make a life for himself. It took me letting go---accepting him for who he is, and allowing him to face the consequences he brought upon himself. Hugs... [/QUOTE]
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