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I posted an update in PE forum a few weeks ago, how I made the incredibly hard decision to leave my job of 27 years. I'm still unemployed, still actively looking for work. Attended my first Job Fair yesterday - what a trip! Soooo not used to "selling myself" to prospective employers. 'Hire me...

My son called this morning, I could hear something "off" in his voice. I asked if he had a cold, he said no. I asked if he maybe had some allergies? He said that could be, he does have a "throat thing" going on. We had a good visit. But. He confided to me that he has requested to begin...

Just wanted to touch base with you all and let you know how things are with me. Mostly, good! GFG32 seems to be doing well in prison - which, he generally has always done well when he's locked up. He has been getting books from the library to study Physics and Calculus (always a brainiac...

I just wanted to share my experience this past weekend. My husband and I follow the Native American Way, and we were invited to be part of a Sweat Lodge offered for the healing of a family who had lost their son to violence. The son, whose name was the same as my son's, was stabbed and killed in a...

I just attended a 2-hour training....billed as "Wellness Education" that turned out to be a GIANT sales pitch for Essential Oils.... Now, I'm all for natural holistic care. Absolutely!! And the gal did a really nice job educating on the "10 Essential Essential Oils" and she really DIDN'T do a...

I have just been informed that ANOTHER Full Time Staff has walked off the job. Apparently via a text message to our boss. GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I'm just so angry. This is about the 35th person to just walk away with absolutely no notice in the past year. I'm so sick of it. How do these...

Just wanted to let you know, I'm thinking of you both :) I was driving home from husband's friend's retirement party, after we went & picked up GFG31's belongings from jail (30 minute wait for a bag of dirty ol' clothes) and I was enjoying the clouds playing with the sunset & the edges of the...

Just wondering how things are going for you, looked around for any recent posts but didn't see any. Hope you and wife are well! And that difficult child is making his own progress, in his own way. Peace

A letter from my son arrived today, written the day he arrived at prison. He gives a very detailed step-by-step narrative of his journey. I had a tough time reading parts of it out loud to my husband, but also there were parts that made us both laugh: "I got a glimpse of XYZ-Prison as we...

I missed a call at 6am this morning from the County Jail, they left a voice mail telling me my son had been transported to prison today, and had left my name as the person to collect his property. All I have to do is go to the Huber entrance, and have a photo ID. I'm hyperventilating. Ok not...

Okay....this has been going on for a few weeks now. I didn't really want to say anything but it happened again today and so I'm going to go ahead and share: I AM "SEEING" MY GFG31 Son IN RANDOM PLACES ALL OVER TOWN!!! It's NOT him, of course. He's locked up. He's incarcerated...

Reminded recently of the archived post from many years ago, "You might have a Gift From God if..." I thought I may have saved that so I went looking in my computer for it. I didn't find it. But I did find this! And was in tears at my desk as I re-read it. Thought I'd share :-)

Well, I stood in court yesterday, along with 6 other people in support of difficult child. 2 of which were his paternal grandparents. Someday I'll tell you about the last time I was in a court house with my former mother in law - suffice to say we've come a long way. Long, long way. It was brutal. difficult child was...

Okay everybody, I'm having a pretty tough time as difficult child's sentencing approaches. I know intellectually, I know all the stuff. The detachment vs the enabling, the addiction vs the recovery, the behavior vs the actual person. I know all that in my head. But my heart. My heart is breaking. I...

I absolutely mean no disrespect or anything negative by this question, I am just curious; when did we stop using the initials gee eff gee to identify our difficult children? I was a longtime member back in the day ;-) but had fallen away for several years. Upon my return, I no longer could...

So....I had my favorite brother & my good son over for my birthday celebration last week, and my phone rings right before we cut the cake, and yep! It's my Difficult Child's PO, calling to conduct my portion of the PSI. Oh, fun. This is how I wanted to spend my birthday evening ;-) Anyways, I did have a...

Hello All! I was a long-time member to this site, but I haven't been on in over 4 years....Things are pretty much the same. But different ;-) Difficult child is now 30, soon to be 31, and in about the same place as he was the last time I was here. His addiction had turned to "the hard stuff"...