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<blockquote data-quote="so ready to live" data-source="post: 691264" data-attributes="member: 20054"><p>Hi Heidi. Our 28 y.o. son is also homeless/couch surfing in the town near us. I could so identify with Carri's "rubber neck" comment, as our church is in this area and each Sunday I am on the lookout to see him. Son does still have a car so I mostly try to see it, hoping if he's outside he still has that to sleep in. I don't shop or go there other than church to save myself from the pain. So much power they have in order to limit where we even are able to go.</p><p></p><p>I could so see myself doing this-just snapping-and feeling worse (if that's possible) after. Thanks Echo for making me feel human for a minute. </p><p>Our son is diagnosis with Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) +++(see my info) I believed nurture over nature in my heart for so long. Two of our other kids are either foster or adoptive parents now and I so pray they won't go through what we did/are. Heidi---we tried so hard, didn't we? We have always thought the most difficult part was how much slack to cut them in relation to their deficits. But, my son KNOWS right from wrong, and chooses wrong over and over. Drugs, alcohol, lying, stealing, entitlement, laziness....and so much more. We are just in the last year trying to go on with<strong> our</strong> lives, it's a struggle each day to be well when he's not. I have been the poster child for "a mother is only as happy as her saddest child". My husband does better in that he can see no other way--I have a kernel of "maybe if we had just done this...." but so many of us here have/continue to go over and above. This site has given me strength. Keep reading and posting. Prayers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="so ready to live, post: 691264, member: 20054"] Hi Heidi. Our 28 y.o. son is also homeless/couch surfing in the town near us. I could so identify with Carri's "rubber neck" comment, as our church is in this area and each Sunday I am on the lookout to see him. Son does still have a car so I mostly try to see it, hoping if he's outside he still has that to sleep in. I don't shop or go there other than church to save myself from the pain. So much power they have in order to limit where we even are able to go. I could so see myself doing this-just snapping-and feeling worse (if that's possible) after. Thanks Echo for making me feel human for a minute. Our son is diagnosis with Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) +++(see my info) I believed nurture over nature in my heart for so long. Two of our other kids are either foster or adoptive parents now and I so pray they won't go through what we did/are. Heidi---we tried so hard, didn't we? We have always thought the most difficult part was how much slack to cut them in relation to their deficits. But, my son KNOWS right from wrong, and chooses wrong over and over. Drugs, alcohol, lying, stealing, entitlement, laziness....and so much more. We are just in the last year trying to go on with[B] our[/B] lives, it's a struggle each day to be well when he's not. I have been the poster child for "a mother is only as happy as her saddest child". My husband does better in that he can see no other way--I have a kernel of "maybe if we had just done this...." but so many of us here have/continue to go over and above. This site has given me strength. Keep reading and posting. Prayers. [/QUOTE]
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