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<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 759309" data-attributes="member: 3305"><p>Today was filled with both sadness and joy.</p><p></p><p> I only found out last night that my sons 3 children and the other 2 did not have any Christmas tree or presents to wake up to tomorrow morning. My heart sunk...he and his wife’s children would pay the price for having a daddy that is a mentally ill drug addict...still in the psychiatric ward after testing positive for Meth while having been homeless on the streets. </p><p></p><p>Dear husband and I had plans today to go to our older sons home and share Christmas Eve dinner and presents. But we knew first that we had to get a Christmas tree and more presents for this set of grands. We got to sons mother in laws house and I took the tree in that dear husband had put together. The house is so depressing. Dark and filled with chaos and clutter everywhere you look. Mother in law is a hoarder. </p><p>I only saw 2 of my granddaughters and their mother and her new baby. I brought the tree box in after filling it with toys so the girls would not notice the presents. </p><p></p><p>We spent the rest of the day with the “sober sons” family. Mom, dad, 3 granddaughters extended family, etc. A lasagna dinner feast with salad bread and special desserts. A prayer first and then we ate and opened presents after. </p><p></p><p>Somewhere in the middle of all this, our homeless son called me. I took the phone call outside the front door. I couldn’t contain myself as he was wishing me and his dad a Merry Christmas, I flat out told him what his children were facing. How tomorrow they were going to wake up in a filthy cluttered house with no tree no presents no mom and dad to read the bible before the gifts (like we had done when he was young). </p><p>...I was angry.</p><p></p><p>Angry that one son has his life so together now that his family is living the American dream while in total contrast the other sons family is living a total nightmare. The children are paying the price for their mother and father’s failure <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😞" title="Disappointed face :disappointed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f61e.png" data-shortname=":disappointed:" />.</p><p></p><p>Son started to cry and I think he even said something about not surviving this life but I couldn’t listen to it. I told him I had to go back in and be a part of Christmas with his brothers family. </p><p></p><p>I don’t normally get in sons face about the reality that his children live with on a regular basis. But this time...this time the price was too high and this memory that his children would have been left with pains me to no end.</p><p></p><p>If you have a spare prayer tonight please pray for grandson 13, granddaughter 11, and granddaughter 8... plus the other two boys from different dads.</p><p></p><p>Thank you in advance...and I pray wherever you are in your life right now that it is filled with hope and some measure of peace and joy.</p><p>lms</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 759309, member: 3305"] Today was filled with both sadness and joy. I only found out last night that my sons 3 children and the other 2 did not have any Christmas tree or presents to wake up to tomorrow morning. My heart sunk...he and his wife’s children would pay the price for having a daddy that is a mentally ill drug addict...still in the psychiatric ward after testing positive for Meth while having been homeless on the streets. Dear husband and I had plans today to go to our older sons home and share Christmas Eve dinner and presents. But we knew first that we had to get a Christmas tree and more presents for this set of grands. We got to sons mother in laws house and I took the tree in that dear husband had put together. The house is so depressing. Dark and filled with chaos and clutter everywhere you look. Mother in law is a hoarder. I only saw 2 of my granddaughters and their mother and her new baby. I brought the tree box in after filling it with toys so the girls would not notice the presents. We spent the rest of the day with the “sober sons” family. Mom, dad, 3 granddaughters extended family, etc. A lasagna dinner feast with salad bread and special desserts. A prayer first and then we ate and opened presents after. Somewhere in the middle of all this, our homeless son called me. I took the phone call outside the front door. I couldn’t contain myself as he was wishing me and his dad a Merry Christmas, I flat out told him what his children were facing. How tomorrow they were going to wake up in a filthy cluttered house with no tree no presents no mom and dad to read the bible before the gifts (like we had done when he was young). ...I was angry. Angry that one son has his life so together now that his family is living the American dream while in total contrast the other sons family is living a total nightmare. The children are paying the price for their mother and father’s failure 😞. Son started to cry and I think he even said something about not surviving this life but I couldn’t listen to it. I told him I had to go back in and be a part of Christmas with his brothers family. I don’t normally get in sons face about the reality that his children live with on a regular basis. But this time...this time the price was too high and this memory that his children would have been left with pains me to no end. If you have a spare prayer tonight please pray for grandson 13, granddaughter 11, and granddaughter 8... plus the other two boys from different dads. Thank you in advance...and I pray wherever you are in your life right now that it is filled with hope and some measure of peace and joy. lms [/QUOTE]
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