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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 748890" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Dear Poppy</p><p></p><p>I am very sorry for what you are going through. My son is homeless too, and mentally ill. I have been struggling as to how to respond to you. I don't know the words to say. I have been here four years and I don't know.</p><p></p><p>I don't feel strong. I want my son home, too. Even though every time he has come back it has not worked out for us. But still I struggle to tolerate his being "out there." He is exploited over and over again. Now he's living in a garden shed for which he pays I think 450 dollars a month, with no place to go to the bathroom to shower or to prepare food. He feels this is a step up. He expressed to me, "<em>now I have a place to stay</em>." For 8 months he slept in his friend's pick up truck. When I tell him I worry when he sleeps in an urban forested area, he says, "<em>don't worry, Mom. I am very alert. Only two nights did I not sleep. I hear people coming."</em></p><p>When I am out of contact with my son and worried (actually, it is more accurate to say, "beside myself"), I find it unbearable too. But he always, eventually, calls.</p><p></p><p>For some of us, there is no place to stand. Others here have found a way to bear the unbearable by detachment. I think we each of us differ in our capacity to do this. I am singularly unable to do so. But the silver lining is that I keep seeking ways to heal myself. This is helping me to live in my growing edge, spiritually. Emotionally, I just seem to want to curl up in a ball.</p><p></p><p>I love my son. I guess that's one thing more I know. That I don't know how to do this, and that I love my son.</p><p></p><p>I just wanted to respond to tell you welcome. That you are not alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 748890, member: 18958"] Dear Poppy I am very sorry for what you are going through. My son is homeless too, and mentally ill. I have been struggling as to how to respond to you. I don't know the words to say. I have been here four years and I don't know. I don't feel strong. I want my son home, too. Even though every time he has come back it has not worked out for us. But still I struggle to tolerate his being "out there." He is exploited over and over again. Now he's living in a garden shed for which he pays I think 450 dollars a month, with no place to go to the bathroom to shower or to prepare food. He feels this is a step up. He expressed to me, "[I]now I have a place to stay[/I]." For 8 months he slept in his friend's pick up truck. When I tell him I worry when he sleeps in an urban forested area, he says, "[I]don't worry, Mom. I am very alert. Only two nights did I not sleep. I hear people coming."[/I] When I am out of contact with my son and worried (actually, it is more accurate to say, "beside myself"), I find it unbearable too. But he always, eventually, calls. For some of us, there is no place to stand. Others here have found a way to bear the unbearable by detachment. I think we each of us differ in our capacity to do this. I am singularly unable to do so. But the silver lining is that I keep seeking ways to heal myself. This is helping me to live in my growing edge, spiritually. Emotionally, I just seem to want to curl up in a ball. I love my son. I guess that's one thing more I know. That I don't know how to do this, and that I love my son. I just wanted to respond to tell you welcome. That you are not alone. [/QUOTE]
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