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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 702626" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Okie Girl, how long is his sentence? I forget.</p><p></p><p>I want you to know something. If you know it, I want to remind you.</p><p></p><p>Prison can be a wonderful experience for many men. Their choice. I cannot count the men I have known who have turned their lives around, who have matured. Things become remarkably clearer in prison. Sometimes, that makes it easier to decide.</p><p></p><p>Also, your son, if he wants will find great support. Many good people volunteer, typically through various religious faiths. And sometimes there are prison employees who do that work because of devotion to and belief in the men, and a great sense of meaning and purpose they derive from the work. For 20 years I was one of these. I can honestly say I loved the men. And they in turn treated me with the greatest of respect and to the extent our situations permitted, with caring. There are some of them I will remember for the rest of my life. I am still considering, in retirement, returning to volunteer through the chapel. My life does not feel complete without some kind of work of this kind.</p><p></p><p>The last thing I want to say is this: This will unfold based upon your son's choices and efforts. In this, your situation is exactly the same as for the rest of us. All of us are outside of the ring--praying that our children will decide right. If anything it will in time become easier--your role here is very, very circumscribed. You really have no role or responsibility at all except to love your child.</p><p></p><p>I am sorry you are in this impossibly difficult situation for a mother. We are all there with you too, with our own variation on the theme.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 702626, member: 18958"] Okie Girl, how long is his sentence? I forget. I want you to know something. If you know it, I want to remind you. Prison can be a wonderful experience for many men. Their choice. I cannot count the men I have known who have turned their lives around, who have matured. Things become remarkably clearer in prison. Sometimes, that makes it easier to decide. Also, your son, if he wants will find great support. Many good people volunteer, typically through various religious faiths. And sometimes there are prison employees who do that work because of devotion to and belief in the men, and a great sense of meaning and purpose they derive from the work. For 20 years I was one of these. I can honestly say I loved the men. And they in turn treated me with the greatest of respect and to the extent our situations permitted, with caring. There are some of them I will remember for the rest of my life. I am still considering, in retirement, returning to volunteer through the chapel. My life does not feel complete without some kind of work of this kind. The last thing I want to say is this: This will unfold based upon your son's choices and efforts. In this, your situation is exactly the same as for the rest of us. All of us are outside of the ring--praying that our children will decide right. If anything it will in time become easier--your role here is very, very circumscribed. You really have no role or responsibility at all except to love your child. I am sorry you are in this impossibly difficult situation for a mother. We are all there with you too, with our own variation on the theme. [/QUOTE]
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