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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 673380" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>I have always loved the holiday's, however there were times that my son made them very unpleasant. One year all of my siblings and their families went to spend Thanksgiving with our parents in the town they retired to. I was really looking forward to it as my family is scattered across the states and all of getting together is rare. My son and my niece wanted to go explore the nearby pecan groves. My parents said it would be fine. About 1/2 hour later my niece came back and said she was not comfortable with what my son was doing. On the way to the pecan grove they came upon a construction site that had stakes in the ground to mark where new homes were going to be built. My son thought it would be "fun" to pull out all the stakes.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/919Mad.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":919Mad:" title="Mad :919Mad:" data-shortname=":919Mad:" /></p><p>I was furious, so my husband and I were going to go find our son, well as we were getting ready to leave, the county sheriff pulled up with our son in the back of the car. Thankfully the owner of the construction site didn't want to press charges.</p><p></p><p>I still love the holiday's but there is always that "uneasy feeling". It's hard to explain; I wish my son would call and I wish my son won't call. My son has never called on a holiday or birthday but I always have that "feeling". While I would love to hear from him I also dread hearing from him because I'm conditioned to it never being good.</p><p></p><p>I think it was Cedar or COM who said they light a candle for their Difficult Child and I really like that idea. I'm going to that this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 673380, member: 18516"] I have always loved the holiday's, however there were times that my son made them very unpleasant. One year all of my siblings and their families went to spend Thanksgiving with our parents in the town they retired to. I was really looking forward to it as my family is scattered across the states and all of getting together is rare. My son and my niece wanted to go explore the nearby pecan groves. My parents said it would be fine. About 1/2 hour later my niece came back and said she was not comfortable with what my son was doing. On the way to the pecan grove they came upon a construction site that had stakes in the ground to mark where new homes were going to be built. My son thought it would be "fun" to pull out all the stakes. :919Mad: I was furious, so my husband and I were going to go find our son, well as we were getting ready to leave, the county sheriff pulled up with our son in the back of the car. Thankfully the owner of the construction site didn't want to press charges. I still love the holiday's but there is always that "uneasy feeling". It's hard to explain; I wish my son would call and I wish my son won't call. My son has never called on a holiday or birthday but I always have that "feeling". While I would love to hear from him I also dread hearing from him because I'm conditioned to it never being good. I think it was Cedar or COM who said they light a candle for their Difficult Child and I really like that idea. I'm going to that this year. [/QUOTE]
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