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*!Expletive!* difficult child has been in touch with my estranged older brother-Heaven Help Me!
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 462087"><p>I take it all back. My brother just called me. And the glimmer of hope was merited - he was my hero once again. He tried to talk some sense into difficult child and told him to "call his mother". He said he got wind of the situation from my sister in law at a family dinner (which I did not attend) last week. That he in turn called his own son and asked him to get some info on what was going on. That he called difficult child - who couldn't talk because he was on his way to class but that difficult child did call him back at 3:00 as promised and they spent 20 minutes on the phone. He said the difficult child was pretty honest about everything that transpired but that he swore he was no longer smoking pot. (Not that we believe that - but it's a nice thought.)I am still trying to wrap my head around my brother being my advocate -- it's been a really long time since he was such -- but a lot of what he told my son was very true to the way we were raised, the "old italian values" of respecting one's parents - especially one's mother.I know my brother has had some counseling and recovery help (GA-his wife) and I know he drew on that heavily while talking to difficult child and then me. I am shocked and overjoyed but absolutely flabbergasted. I believe angels must have been at work</p><p></p><p>My brother spent 40 minutes on the phone with me trying to reassure me that I am a good mother and that my son will be ok. And then he told me that he loves me. He hasn't said those words to me for 30+ years...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 462087"] I take it all back. My brother just called me. And the glimmer of hope was merited - he was my hero once again. He tried to talk some sense into difficult child and told him to "call his mother". He said he got wind of the situation from my sister in law at a family dinner (which I did not attend) last week. That he in turn called his own son and asked him to get some info on what was going on. That he called difficult child - who couldn't talk because he was on his way to class but that difficult child did call him back at 3:00 as promised and they spent 20 minutes on the phone. He said the difficult child was pretty honest about everything that transpired but that he swore he was no longer smoking pot. (Not that we believe that - but it's a nice thought.)I am still trying to wrap my head around my brother being my advocate -- it's been a really long time since he was such -- but a lot of what he told my son was very true to the way we were raised, the "old italian values" of respecting one's parents - especially one's mother.I know my brother has had some counseling and recovery help (GA-his wife) and I know he drew on that heavily while talking to difficult child and then me. I am shocked and overjoyed but absolutely flabbergasted. I believe angels must have been at work My brother spent 40 minutes on the phone with me trying to reassure me that I am a good mother and that my son will be ok. And then he told me that he loves me. He hasn't said those words to me for 30+ years... [/QUOTE]
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