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Sat. will be 2 wks since I've seen her :(
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 221740" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>The best place to start to try to change the law is with your legislature. Contract anyone and everyone at every level, especially those who advocate for the mentally ill.</p><p> </p><p>Now, as to your daughter, I'll try to add a little more to help you through this mess. My daughter left home at 18, came back when her friends had had enough and kicked her out. She left at 18-1/2, same story. At 19, she almost killed me. She left when she found a party pad. They kicked her out. She hinted to come home. I said no. I didn't hear from her for 3 weeks. I ran into one of her former roommates who told me she had joined the carnival! I actually drove over 50 miles to where the carnival was operating to find her. Well, yes, she had worked for them for about a week but then left with some guy. Ultimately, she was homeless for 2 days and then living in a roach-infested house in one of the biggest gang towns in our state. Absolutely nothing bad happened to her anywhere along the line. She was miserable and had been hungry but no beatings, no rapes, one threat which was why she left the carnie, no prostituting herself, no major drugs. She did come home and actually stayed with me on most of my terms after that experience. I worried myself sick. I cried myself to sleep almost every night. I called everyone I could think of to try to help me find her. Our kids are survivors. We may not like how they survive and they certainly are not living the way we would ever consider living but they get by. Sometimes they're even happy where they are (at least until those around have had enough).</p><p> </p><p>She's probably still in party mode with friends. She's also probably pretty scared about jail time. Just try to put the word out that you're concerned about her and would at least like to know she is okay, nothing more. That's how I ultimately found my daughter. Her friends were not willing to let me know where she was, but they were willing to let me know that they'd seen her and she was okay. If she has a cell phone on her, call and leave a message. Even if it isn't charged, she can still pick up messages. That's when my child called me and asked to come home -- when she knew I still loved her via a message I finally left on her phone.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, many, many HUGS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 221740, member: 3626"] The best place to start to try to change the law is with your legislature. Contract anyone and everyone at every level, especially those who advocate for the mentally ill. Now, as to your daughter, I'll try to add a little more to help you through this mess. My daughter left home at 18, came back when her friends had had enough and kicked her out. She left at 18-1/2, same story. At 19, she almost killed me. She left when she found a party pad. They kicked her out. She hinted to come home. I said no. I didn't hear from her for 3 weeks. I ran into one of her former roommates who told me she had joined the carnival! I actually drove over 50 miles to where the carnival was operating to find her. Well, yes, she had worked for them for about a week but then left with some guy. Ultimately, she was homeless for 2 days and then living in a roach-infested house in one of the biggest gang towns in our state. Absolutely nothing bad happened to her anywhere along the line. She was miserable and had been hungry but no beatings, no rapes, one threat which was why she left the carnie, no prostituting herself, no major drugs. She did come home and actually stayed with me on most of my terms after that experience. I worried myself sick. I cried myself to sleep almost every night. I called everyone I could think of to try to help me find her. Our kids are survivors. We may not like how they survive and they certainly are not living the way we would ever consider living but they get by. Sometimes they're even happy where they are (at least until those around have had enough). She's probably still in party mode with friends. She's also probably pretty scared about jail time. Just try to put the word out that you're concerned about her and would at least like to know she is okay, nothing more. That's how I ultimately found my daughter. Her friends were not willing to let me know where she was, but they were willing to let me know that they'd seen her and she was okay. If she has a cell phone on her, call and leave a message. Even if it isn't charged, she can still pick up messages. That's when my child called me and asked to come home -- when she knew I still loved her via a message I finally left on her phone. In the meantime, many, many HUGS. [/QUOTE]
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