My son was arrested in Dec 2005. He was 18. It has been my biggest battle of my life. He was sentenced to LW/O plus 19 years. I have worried for 12 years about his safety and he did fine until the day before Thanksgiving 2017. He was jumped by 2 men and was stabbed more than 20 times. They hit him behind the knee to take him down but he did not go down even after they hit his liver and kidney but once they hit a lung he dropped. They then get him above the eye and the side of nose. He was life flighted out and was put back together very well. The surgeon was amazing. They had to staple his ear back on. Now he is doing fine. He is a strong young man, but, he has to continue living in this evnironment for who knows how long the rest of his life will be. I struggle every day. I don't blame myself because we all make our chuces but we all know I could have done something different but that is here nor there. I pray every day for his safety. And for him to one day get an out date but we live in the real world. It is just tough without support groups to go to talk with other parents who could help me to wake up every day, take one step after another and to continue remembering to breath in and breath out. I'm not going anywhere but these last few months have made me really question my own strength. Thanks for allowing me to dump Hope all is well with each of you and I pray for those you worry about.