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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 754716" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Thank you for sharing this with us. I know how hard it must have been for you to read that. In the letter, your son is making an attempt to own some responsibility. He is saying all the right things. Now, this is where I caution you to be very careful. I too have received similar letters from son over the years. They usually align with him being in jail. My son also has two children that he professes to love but has abandoned them to their mothers care. </p><p>My point is this, take the words your son wrote, hold them with care and caution. Time will reveal the truth. Many times when our adult kids are faced with serious trouble like jail, they reach out to us in an attempt to make things right. They do this because they are alone and in trouble and there is no one like mom because mom will always help. Your son may very well turn his life around and I truly do pray that he does. I just want you to be on your guard in case that does not happen. I've lived it. My son had me convinced he was going to get his life together, he told me all the things I wanted to hear and I caved in and enabled (helped) him. I learned a valuable lesson. If my son is going to change then he will change. He does not need my help to do it. The other times my son has gotten in trouble and gone to jail, I once again would receive letters from him telling me all the right things. What was different this time was me. I did not cave into his demands that I put money on his jail account so he could buy extra things.</p><p>Only you can decide how you will respond to what comes down the road, I just want to make sure you do it with your eyes wide open.</p><p>((HUGS))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 754716, member: 18516"] Thank you for sharing this with us. I know how hard it must have been for you to read that. In the letter, your son is making an attempt to own some responsibility. He is saying all the right things. Now, this is where I caution you to be very careful. I too have received similar letters from son over the years. They usually align with him being in jail. My son also has two children that he professes to love but has abandoned them to their mothers care. My point is this, take the words your son wrote, hold them with care and caution. Time will reveal the truth. Many times when our adult kids are faced with serious trouble like jail, they reach out to us in an attempt to make things right. They do this because they are alone and in trouble and there is no one like mom because mom will always help. Your son may very well turn his life around and I truly do pray that he does. I just want you to be on your guard in case that does not happen. I've lived it. My son had me convinced he was going to get his life together, he told me all the things I wanted to hear and I caved in and enabled (helped) him. I learned a valuable lesson. If my son is going to change then he will change. He does not need my help to do it. The other times my son has gotten in trouble and gone to jail, I once again would receive letters from him telling me all the right things. What was different this time was me. I did not cave into his demands that I put money on his jail account so he could buy extra things. Only you can decide how you will respond to what comes down the road, I just want to make sure you do it with your eyes wide open. ((HUGS)) [/QUOTE]
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