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Originally Posted by MarineWife 
I have to share these two pics. I took them today before ds left to live with his dad.
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Oh, MarineWife.....







Please PM me if there's anything at all I can do to help; I know I don't have the greatest track record in the world for returning PMs or following through with offers to help but I just feel so bad for you and wish I could reach through this computer screen to give you a REAL flesh and blood hug.
I've been where you are and I know it's not OK, no matter how badly our culture punishes us for not pretending that it is.
I came here to post another pic and maybe vent and bawl about some things ds and I are going through that are probably just my fault for being unrealistic about my expectations for a 16 year old boy, but now I don't want to any more because my problem just seems so insignifcant compared to where you must be tonight.

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Christopher came back of his own volition. It took eight months of eternity where I honestly didn't think it would ever happen and I got to the point where I had to make the choice of whether to check myself into the psych ward or try to cut my son loose as if he were nothing more than a failed romance, but he DID ask if he could come home and he DID come home and now we are incredibly close, even though I don't like some of the choices he has made and is planning to make in the future.
Ryan will come back to you too. I know it's cold comfort because I didn't believe anyone who told me that about Christopher, but he did, and I think he understands now how much I love him or at least enough to not even flinch about giving me a huge bear hug and saying "I love you, Mom" in front of about 10-15 friends last night.
Sending you love and light and courage to make it through one of the worst things that could ever happen to any of us.

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