Thanks JZ. I know I only "had" her for 7 months, but hopefully she learned something during that time.
When I was a teen, my mom took in a friend of mine and she lived with us my junior and senior yet. My mom got her all kinds of medical, dental, and psychological help, helped her with college...all that....and we never hear from her anymore. Once she moved out, she didn't look back. I've seen her a handfull of times since then and she cut many of her ties to her teen years because "they reminded her of a bad part of her life". Still, I hope that she gained something from the experience.
I want C to succeed and grow. She was making so much progress and was looking forward to college. That future is not impossible for her, even now, but it will be a much harder road.
MG, I'm so sorry about this. It's a pity that C can't face up to her mistakes; maybe if she'd been with you longer she'd be able to. But you've shown her a different way to live and maybe that will change the way she lives when she's mature enough. Whatever happens, you did everything you could for her, and that's all you can ask of yourself.
Raq, I got your package, by the way! Thanks! Owen's t-shirt is adorable--he loves spelling out the letters in his name.
And the outfits for Olivia are too cute--DH loved the monkeypants note!
I was going to say what Hec and JZ said, but I was framing those things in terms of Faith's character arc, rather than real examples, so it seemed kind of trite.
Yay for K-Bug, though! Way to be mature and stuff! And yay for road trip!
And seriously, in a sea (C) full of bad influences, C had you as a lifeline, and so yes, she used you, but she didn't
use
you. She'll get to a point where she'll see (C) that good choices are possible because of you.
Glad you guys got it, Cash!
And weird that you posted while I was typing...
Hey Perkins, guess what I'm listening to RIGHT NOW? Thank you, sweets!!!
Yay! I still need to send one part, which I will do tonight.
MG, sometimes the mess that gets made of a young person's life because of family dysfunction, and her own dysfunction - sometimes it takes more than one broom to sweep it up.
Doctor thinks I have steroid myopathy. Yay.
Internet says it could take weeks to months to clear up. Yay.
