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<blockquote data-quote="200Meters" data-source="post: 748146" data-attributes="member: 23727"><p>I think that my wife & I have learned the lessons that most of us here seem to have learned; however, I do not see why my posts shouldn't focus on Youngest and what he is doing. That is why I'm here. We haven't given him a penny in months and certainly are not contesting the police's determination that he not be allowed to come back to our suburb pending his sentencing & however his legal imbroglio plays out. He is our son and we will always care about him & be interested in what he is doing. (Thinking about him certainly did not prevent us from having a very enjoyable Passover holiday last week.) If he wants to follow a bad path, he will do so alone. If he wants to follow a good path and get a positive grip on his life, we will help him as best we can.</p><p></p><p>That being said...</p><p></p><p>Mrs. 200Meters and I did not go to see Youngest, or try to, this morning. We're back in the Jerusalem Magistrate Court tomorrow at 10:30.</p><p></p><p>Apparently he told my wife last week that he wants to get this over with as quickly as possible & if that means going to prison, as opposed to therapy or treatment in some closed, semi-open or open facility, so be it. That may have been so much talk and bravado (he's good at that), i.e. all bluster and no muster. I wonder what he has said to his pd or if he has had any contact with his pd at all. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>I am very attached to our dogs. (My parents bought a dog, a puppy, when I was 1.5. In my earliest memories, the dog is there. As far as I'm concerned, dogs help make life livable. A dog makes a house a home.) They are my pet therapy. I do a <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shtick" target="_blank">shtick</a> in which I compare the dogs to our teenage youngest son (when Oldest was a teenager it applied to him too):</p><p></p><p>Dogs vs. Teenaged son</p><p></p><p>At 3:00 AM we know where the dogs are.</p><p></p><p>We know who the dogs friends are & generally approve.</p><p></p><p>The dogs listen to us.</p><p></p><p>The dogs eat what we give them (and are grateful).</p><p></p><p>The dogs do not ask for money.</p><p></p><p>The dogs never fail to greet us with <em>genuine</em> warmth & enthusiasm when we come home.</p><p></p><p>We never got called to the principal's office because of the dogs.</p><p></p><p>The dogs are not ashamed to be seen with us in public and actually seem to like it.</p><p></p><p>When we need a hug (giving or receiving) or other emotional support, the dogs are always willing.</p><p></p><p>You get the picture.</p><p></p><p><em>Sigh</em></p><p></p><p>I'm listening to Loreena McKennitt here at the office. I find her music so relaxing.</p><p></p><p>There's a classic hasidic story that I think about. </p><p></p><p>A king and queen had a son whom they loved very much and whom they were very close to when he was young. But as the son grew older, he grew apart from his parents and gradually became distant and even estranged from them. Eventually he & his parents were totally estranged. But the King & Queen still loved their son very much and longed to be with him again, and hoped that somewhere, deep down, he still loved them. One day they sent him a message and bid him come back. The son may have wanted to but he sent his parents a message and said, "I cannot return to you; we have become too estranged." The King and Queen replied, "Then come as far as you can and we shall come to meet you."</p><p></p><p>I guess we'll see what happens in court tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="200Meters, post: 748146, member: 23727"] I think that my wife & I have learned the lessons that most of us here seem to have learned; however, I do not see why my posts shouldn't focus on Youngest and what he is doing. That is why I'm here. We haven't given him a penny in months and certainly are not contesting the police's determination that he not be allowed to come back to our suburb pending his sentencing & however his legal imbroglio plays out. He is our son and we will always care about him & be interested in what he is doing. (Thinking about him certainly did not prevent us from having a very enjoyable Passover holiday last week.) If he wants to follow a bad path, he will do so alone. If he wants to follow a good path and get a positive grip on his life, we will help him as best we can. That being said... Mrs. 200Meters and I did not go to see Youngest, or try to, this morning. We're back in the Jerusalem Magistrate Court tomorrow at 10:30. Apparently he told my wife last week that he wants to get this over with as quickly as possible & if that means going to prison, as opposed to therapy or treatment in some closed, semi-open or open facility, so be it. That may have been so much talk and bravado (he's good at that), i.e. all bluster and no muster. I wonder what he has said to his pd or if he has had any contact with his pd at all. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. I am very attached to our dogs. (My parents bought a dog, a puppy, when I was 1.5. In my earliest memories, the dog is there. As far as I'm concerned, dogs help make life livable. A dog makes a house a home.) They are my pet therapy. I do a [URL='https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shtick']shtick[/URL] in which I compare the dogs to our teenage youngest son (when Oldest was a teenager it applied to him too): Dogs vs. Teenaged son At 3:00 AM we know where the dogs are. We know who the dogs friends are & generally approve. The dogs listen to us. The dogs eat what we give them (and are grateful). The dogs do not ask for money. The dogs never fail to greet us with [I]genuine[/I] warmth & enthusiasm when we come home. We never got called to the principal's office because of the dogs. The dogs are not ashamed to be seen with us in public and actually seem to like it. When we need a hug (giving or receiving) or other emotional support, the dogs are always willing. You get the picture. [I]Sigh[/I] I'm listening to Loreena McKennitt here at the office. I find her music so relaxing. There's a classic hasidic story that I think about. A king and queen had a son whom they loved very much and whom they were very close to when he was young. But as the son grew older, he grew apart from his parents and gradually became distant and even estranged from them. Eventually he & his parents were totally estranged. But the King & Queen still loved their son very much and longed to be with him again, and hoped that somewhere, deep down, he still loved them. One day they sent him a message and bid him come back. The son may have wanted to but he sent his parents a message and said, "I cannot return to you; we have become too estranged." The King and Queen replied, "Then come as far as you can and we shall come to meet you." I guess we'll see what happens in court tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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