mom-of-3

Almost to the day we were back in court again with Todd.  This time he was clean and sober and doing much better.  Strangely enough - he was almost locked up.  The judge was ready - had the police...

I had a reprieve there for awhile, thinking T's court hearing was going to be postponed.  Well, the lawyer called my husband (it's so good that he's taking on this role and is communicating to the...

Even though it bothered me - because I feel for him - I told him -NO- I would NOT buy him cigarettes at all anymore.  I had told him before that if he went somewhere without telling me or not...

It's too late - the decision was made.  We hired T's former court appointed attorney to represent him in court.  If T hadn't made any progress then I guess I would have a problem with it.  On the...

Today we meet with my son, T's, lawyer.  He was T's court appointed lawyer last year at this exact time.  A friend of mine gave me a name of a PO down at the Juvenile Court (who was very...

Same ol' same ol'.  T is aware of his court date but it doesn't seem to have phased him very much.  He still took off today because we wouldn't buy him cigarettes.  He left school "sick" on...

I'm glad this one wasn't on me.  What a sense of relief it was not having to be the one or even a part of it.  My husband found the moment to tell T of the upcoming court date.  There were...

I met with my parish priest today to discuss and see how we can bring the community together regarding the teen drug issue.  Since he's the one who called the meeting I didn't have a lot to offer...

I know there are lots of scenarios that could play out with the court thing.  I just realized, however, that the first hearing is only going to be the arraignment. Nothing would be decided anyway...

Arraignment is March 11th.  I  can't tell T about this, yet.  Right now he's doing "well".  Well, I know he's not using.  Unfortunately, whether he had been using or not - he's going to court...

Disengage, disengage, disengage.  Sometimes I still get confused as to what is parenting and what is controlling behavior.  I don't know why I've struggled with this so much but I think I have more...

I believe T did cross over the line - but now, I know, he's back on track.  His cage was rattled a bit and because of that  - he stopped whatever he was doing.  He didn't stop because he wanted...

T's counselor came to our house today.  He brought a sheet of paper with a list of things T needs to work on or has done that looked like drug behavior.  He also had let T know what I saw on-line -...

Things have settled down.  T came home 45 minutes late from his curfew but he didn't go out until 9pm.  Plus he had his Dad's cell phone so we talked back and forth so I wasn't worried.  He still...

I made an appointment today for T to see a doctor.  He has an ongoing sore throat and complains about not having any energy.  He told my husband he cannot concentrate in school because he feels so...