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Thoughts about forgiving myself and my son
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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 753743" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Miss LuLu</p><p></p><p>Your post also resignated with me. Pretty much every word of it.</p><p></p><p>I also have a great life. Am healthy, married to a wonderful man, have a beautiful home on the coast, two successful sons in Chicago, a great job, good friends, financially stable.</p><p></p><p>I think you/we need to be thankful for each good day. Don't write the end of the story (I'm telling myself this too).</p><p></p><p>I don't know how old your son is (mine just turned 24) but he spent many years in rehabs and sober living and finally a 13 month very strict faith based program. The latter is what enabled him to come back to our home. If he had not completed this program we would not have let him, and even at that, I was leery and very afraid to repeat the past. He felt I had disowned him as his father dealt with him mainly during the years we had sent him out of state. I just couldn't because I think I loved him too much.</p><p></p><p>He came home doing great and in the past few months has had some struggles but I still feel that he has matured a lot and actually cares about himself and wants to do good. It is still so very hard for me because I want him to be where I want him to be. Sounds silly doesn't it?</p><p></p><p>I think that you should try to be a bit at ease that he is moving in with a friend. He seems to be going in the right direction - to me anyway. How old is your son?</p><p></p><p>I do hope that he continues to be stable. No one can predict the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 753743, member: 15032"] Miss LuLu Your post also resignated with me. Pretty much every word of it. I also have a great life. Am healthy, married to a wonderful man, have a beautiful home on the coast, two successful sons in Chicago, a great job, good friends, financially stable. I think you/we need to be thankful for each good day. Don't write the end of the story (I'm telling myself this too). I don't know how old your son is (mine just turned 24) but he spent many years in rehabs and sober living and finally a 13 month very strict faith based program. The latter is what enabled him to come back to our home. If he had not completed this program we would not have let him, and even at that, I was leery and very afraid to repeat the past. He felt I had disowned him as his father dealt with him mainly during the years we had sent him out of state. I just couldn't because I think I loved him too much. He came home doing great and in the past few months has had some struggles but I still feel that he has matured a lot and actually cares about himself and wants to do good. It is still so very hard for me because I want him to be where I want him to be. Sounds silly doesn't it? I think that you should try to be a bit at ease that he is moving in with a friend. He seems to be going in the right direction - to me anyway. How old is your son? I do hope that he continues to be stable. No one can predict the future. [/QUOTE]
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