I'll tell you what I know.....

[standswithcourage]

I completely understand. Hang in there!

[WhymeMom?]

Thanks for all your prayers and hugs.....they are sorely needed! Presently we are just holding pat with the moving idea. My husband is thinking about retiring in 6-8 years, so GFG could easily be "on vacation via the Justice System" for that long. Can't imagine my DH ever retired, but when that happens we would more than likely move out of state.

We will just be more vigilant about setting our alarm and watching for any changes around our home. We live out in the country so having my big dog makes me feel safer. I'm not sure if he would actually plan to rob us, but he talks a lot and I'm sure embellishes stories so you would think we live in a mansion and eat with diamond encrusted silverware....

Just waiting for things to shake out since its really out of our hands. I've given GFG's fate over to God.....We've done all we could.....

[hearthope]

Bless your heart, you and your family are still in my thoughts.


Just a note..

I live out in the country as well, after I got a call @ work that someone was at my house and I called the police telling them I thought it was my son and he didn't have permission to be there, the officer that responded let my son leave with the bags full of things from the house, I learned that I had to go to the station and fill out a form that detailed who and what vehicles could be at my home.

On the form it asks who doesn't have the right to be there.

It made us feel safer because we listed not only gfg but the buddies he was around at the time.

It also made a believer out of gfg and his buddy that we were not allowing them access to any part of our property.


Word is spread quickly thru the gfg groups when a mom calls the cops on them.

[susiestar]

I am so sorry that your son is inflicting this sense of unsafety upon you. I am glad you have a security system and a big dog. Big dogs are a deterrent and a wonderful comfort, IMHO.

If he does end up for a long stint in jail it is not fun. But there are opportunities in some of them to take classes, learn things, etc... I did not think things like that were ever offered, but shortly after I met dh I learned differently.

My MIL travels the world teaching a form of counselling used in prisons. She works with prisoners at the max security facility here in OK. FIL helps, but they teach "lifers" how to make better choices and how to teach "non-lifers" better skills. IT is called Choice Therapy or REality Therapy. Once in a while some good things are learned "inside".

I also know that it is NOT what any of us want our children to experience.

Hugs and hopes,

Susie