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Posted: Thu Nov 13th, 2008 06:46 pm |
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| Thank you so much for your support..it is a very hard time for all of us...as u know. I agree they need at least a year to fully recover and then still..they need to manage when they get out into the old familiar world again...I dont know where u live but the name of the place my sons is at is Dynamite Youth Center in New York..they are wonderful...and so experienced and caring...and so professional..they dont treat them like they are in jail..they go to school there, they teach them how to be independent and finally get a job..they never turn away anyone...it was truly a blessing to find this place..God Bless you and your family!
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The Beatles have a great point when they sing, "All you need is love". This applies to transitions just as much as to everything beautiful that God has created. God's work is eternal; every human day is a divine opportunity for salutation in His name.
Transitions are beautiful, merging between states of being. Greg is not thrown into the Lion's Den. Instead, he is offered a place of rest and rediscovery. The only threats he will face are from confrontations with himself. Ultimately, he will have every opportunity to find the best in himself, and therein perfect it as a reflection of God's loving embrace. This transition is guided by a divine light offered from above, given freely and spoken of frequently in the Bible.
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Posted: Sat Nov 15th, 2008 03:16 pm |
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Thank you for your response..but unfortunately just yesterday Greg decided to leave the program because they brought him in for a doctors appointment which we brought him to and by seeing us I think he got weak and wanted to come home..I can't tell you how sick I feel right now...I talked to him alll last night and convinced him to go back on Monday and I asked him why he would want to go to jail instead of staying in a place where he can get help to change his life for the better...he has to want it for himself..they told me today that he already lost his bed..so now on Monday I have to bring him back to Brooklyn and plead with them to take him back..if they have a bed Monday then they will send him right back upstate if not, then they have to report him to the courts and he will go to jail until another court date and another available bed...PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM THAT THEY WILL HAVE A BED FOR HIM AND HE GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE PROGRAM....THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!!
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Posted: Sat Nov 15th, 2008 11:33 pm |
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wow cinderella
this is such a sad situation for all involved....we will pray...of course we will....but Greg's future is now in his own hands.....at 18 years old they think they are so grown up when we as parents know just how young and naive they really are.
It's between him and God now...pleading with his guides and angels? who knows.....maybe it will help?
some things are just predestined and sometimes things come from just bad choices....I will pray for the latter and ask all who can go to his aid to do so.......I'll beg if I have to.......don't give up on the praying...I know you won't....but, as you know...he may have to suffer his choice? It's a hard way to learn...but also....I can tell you from experience, I have gone through some major 'stuff' in my 50+ yrs. and given where I am in this journey of mine...It was a needed way to live.....so I could relate and help others going through the same thing......someone once asked me why I wasn't bitter about a few things that were done to me....and I can honestly tell you, while it hurt and I wanted to die, now I can look back and see very clearly 'why' I had to 'feel' and see many of the things I did.....
so, in some very weird and odd way....it may be a needed lesson for Greg....somehow....and also...they are telling me that IF he does go away for a year....It may just save him from something bad that 'could' happen to him if he doesn't go away....IF he does go....he may grow in spirit and wisdom and maturity....which in the long run...may even save him from many bad events in his future as well
PLEASE know that I am in NO WAY giving up on him or saying you should or that we shouldn't pray for him.......NO WAY am I implying that at all.........I know how much you and your family hurt right now.....I know how hard it is to see your kids go through the pain....It's SO gut wrenching ...but, His life here is meant to be what ever it is meant to be......and his life is between him and God......so, I will pray for you and his grandparents,,,,and ask God to give you the strength to be that understanding pillar he will need whether he goes into that rehab or not.....no matter what the outcome.....He will need you and them and all the love and support and understanding you can muster...that's all we can do for our kids....and ear...a shoulder...and a means of complete love and support....
Hang in there mom.....this won't be forever....He will survive this...and so will the family....see him through...vision his future...and ask him to do the same....to see in his mind which way he wants his life to go....he has the power right now to make his choice....it's one or the other...and he has to make the right one or suffer the outcome.....yell at him if you have to.......I'll yell at him too.......I'm with you 100%....and I'll talk to every angel I can muster!
God is with you.....and so are all of us in this forum hon
much much love to you.
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 12:37 pm |
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| cinderella my heart goes out to you and your family.....I have made some bad choices in my life but I have learned from them....At 18 Greg is having a time with being grown up and realizing consequences......Sometimes they do not think at the long picture....I will have your family in my prayers and I understand what a trying time this is as a mother for you.....Blessings Dana
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 04:53 pm |
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| I'm sorry for the pain you had in your past..you sound like a wonderful, goodhearted person and didn;t deserve what you got...we all go through pain but the worst pain is seeing your child make a mistake and not being able to do anything about it..you are right in saying he has to make his own choices for his life..I just pray he wakes up and realizes the right path to take...God Bless you and I thank God I found this forum..it has helped me more than anyything to find some peace of mind..I don't even remember how I came across this forum but I'm so glad I did...again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your prayers!!
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 05:18 pm |
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| cinderella i went through a lot of stuff with my son....All his started at 18 he got involved with the wrong people.....He got involved with drugs. He didn't like listening to mom he thought he was all grown up and wouldn't get into trouble...He wrote hot checks to do what he was doing...He didn't go to jail but came close...And it was all very hard....Luckily my son met my daughter in law and she got him all turned around she kept all of the bad ones away from my son but his friend ended up in a place similar to your son. It was one of the hardest things in my life to see what he was doing and trying to help but he wouldn't listen....Many tears I shed and many prayers I prayed..It hurt my parents also....We all live real close so they knew everything going on.....But it can change and get better.....Just be there for him and give him your support....After this my son gave me a card he wrote in that means so much to much apologizing for what he did......They do learn....
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 11:05 pm |
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I guess you know what I'm going through..sounds like you've had your share..my son got arrested for selling drugs and possession 3 times..the last time I had him arrested because I needed to get him into a program..so it was that or jail...he went to the program, but left this past Friday..I'm trying to convince him to go back tomorrow without the courts ever knowing he left, but he doesn't like it there.. so I convinced him to go to TASC which represen the courts and turn himself in..before there is a warrant out for his arrest...he said he would go talk to them tomorrow..but more than likely they will arrest him on the spot...maybe going to jail for a week will change his mind and he'll go back after all..The program he was in was not terrible..it's the best place for teen agers in new york..he just doesn't like to answer to anyone or follow rules (thickheaded) so we'll see what happens tomorrow....I NEED A MIRACLE TOMORROW OR A LOT OF STRENGTH!!
THANKS AGAIN...LOVE AND PRAYERS TO YOU!
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 11:08 pm |
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| thank you for your prayers, but unfortunately my son left the program on Friday and may end up in jail for violating the court order..i'm praying for a miracle tomorrow..that h'll change his mind and go back....thank you and god bless!!!
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 11:26 pm |
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still sending prayers cinderella....like you say, maybe if he went to jail for a week he would change his mind....I'm sure he would...so, who knows? It may be a blessing in disguise? keep us posted....we care ...a lot...
blessings hon..dee
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Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 11:29 pm |
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I will be praying for your son and for you and your family. I am sending all the healing I can to him. Know that all his angels are surrounding him.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17th, 2008 01:23 am |
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| I will try to be positive knowing the angels are with him...Thank you from the bottom of my heart..I could never get through this alone....God Bless you!! Love, Ca
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Posted: Mon Nov 17th, 2008 01:24 am |
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| Thanks again Dee...I will keep u posted about tomorrow...God Bless..Love, Ca
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 12:55 am |
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| He left the program this past Friday and with everyone's prayers and my pleading he went back on Monday...Thank you and god Bless!! I will never give up!!
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 12:57 am |
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Hi Dee,
He went back on Monday..he's out paitient right now until they get a bed for him...but thank god he went back....many thanks to all of you for getting me through this...I am grateful!
Love, Ca
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Posted: Fri Nov 21st, 2008 07:25 am |
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