JMom
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So J turned 25 yesterday. He showed up in his new (used) truck he bought for himself. He earned his driver's license back and had the biggest smile on his face. He wanted to go to Hibachi. The friend he had with him kept asking the chef for sake. I didn't know it, but apparently if you ask for sake, they squirt it, very liberally into your mouth. The chef then tried to put it in J's mouth and he turned his face away and said "no way man, I will be driving".
He winked at me and said even if I wanted to, I wouldn't have, out of respect for you. I am so happy that he worked so hard to get his driver's license back. He is making better choices. It was so cute, when he knew he was picking up the truck, he went and got a hair cut and some new very nice clothes. He normally dresses in sweat pants, but he wore cowboy boots, ironed jeans and a button up shirt. After lunch he had to go because he asked a girl out on a date and wanted to pick her up in his truck.
I could tell that he was very proud of himself. We were all proud. Oh and the icing on the cake is that his job gave him a $1 raise. Doesn't sound like much, but it was a win for him.
Thanks all for circling your wagons. Please, if your Difficult Child's are under 25, there just might be light at the end of the tunnel. We have had a rough road, but he has miraculously pulled himself out of the hellish life he was living. I've had ppl comment that boys go crazy in their teens and then grow up around 25. I didn't believe it at the time and it seemed like such a long wait. That was 5 years ago, seemed like yesterday.
Hugs and high fives!
Jmom
He winked at me and said even if I wanted to, I wouldn't have, out of respect for you. I am so happy that he worked so hard to get his driver's license back. He is making better choices. It was so cute, when he knew he was picking up the truck, he went and got a hair cut and some new very nice clothes. He normally dresses in sweat pants, but he wore cowboy boots, ironed jeans and a button up shirt. After lunch he had to go because he asked a girl out on a date and wanted to pick her up in his truck.
I could tell that he was very proud of himself. We were all proud. Oh and the icing on the cake is that his job gave him a $1 raise. Doesn't sound like much, but it was a win for him.
Thanks all for circling your wagons. Please, if your Difficult Child's are under 25, there just might be light at the end of the tunnel. We have had a rough road, but he has miraculously pulled himself out of the hellish life he was living. I've had ppl comment that boys go crazy in their teens and then grow up around 25. I didn't believe it at the time and it seemed like such a long wait. That was 5 years ago, seemed like yesterday.
Hugs and high fives!
Jmom
