Copa - I am so sorry you are sad. It's all SO SO hard and unfair for us moms! I know you were so happy when he was working on the place with M. It was going in a positive direction. Why can't something start positive and end positive? Why does it always have to go South?
TL - my husband always says that I saved our son's life but he isn't ripe yet so too soon to tell if that is true!
I think in some ways I think they do what they do no matter what WE do! Yet we stress over it all so.
I have often wondered what my Difficult Child would do if... say his father and I died in a plan crash! I know his older brothers would not take him in because he has stolen from them when high. I lost both my parents by the age of 17 and I stepped up to the plate and fended for myself. I am hoping he would survive. Maybe he would grow up and actually do the right thing. Who knows.