I read your journal entries and first want to give you my unconditional support and a big cyber-hug! My heart goes out to you for what you are going through! As for advice, I think you are doing the right thing, as painful as it is. I pray that your daughter will realize very soon that she is in a terrible situation and will return to you. Keep praying and hang in there! Even Billy Graham had a child who went astray for a while. Don't give up hope. xoxo

God Bless you my friend and this troubling time with your children. I've been through a similar situation with my youngest daughter in the past. But just keep praying and loving her and things will be okay. Don't believe the rumors and get yourself all upset over things that are probably lies. She is on a journey of discovery and it may be real hard for you as a mother to watch. But she knows that you're there when she decides to come back to you. She may be a little wiser and more grown up when she does. Sometimes our children just have to experience things the hard way to see how life really is. It's not easy for us to sit back and watch them do these things to themselves but we have to anyway. Keep the faith and don't let go of the Lord's hand. You will make it through this trial.

Your going through so much more than most even dream of. You are a very strong woman and congratulations for coming so very far. On your youngest - I don't believe she can just quit school without your consent...have you spoken to the school? She maybe able to get into counseling through them to help her work through the issues she's currently having. I agree with Debbie that she will come around but as for action, the school route would be my first try. On your eldest. I can so understand the fear. There are already so many looking for her; you ARE doing the best you can by taking care of what you are. I believe I read that she stayed with her father...what's up there? Is he no longer around? I realize that in a divorce not matter how many years have past there can still be bad blood with an ex but these are his girls too... can he not help? GL and my thoughts are with you

Both of my daughters called me tonight.please read my journal for today....As for the ages of the girls,one is 21 and the other just turned 18 in October.And as for their fathers,[they do not have the same one]they are no help if anything they encourage them behaving this way.They have never been any help with them in any way.The oldest one's father is an alcoholic and drug addict.The other one just wants her to like him because he was never there when she was growing up and now thinks he wants to be her "DADDY".