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July 24, 2005, 10:31 pm PDT
Cloghill
Thepicture by my message is one I did of her. I did not have one of myself so I put this one in my place. It is just as well, my heart is broken and her heart is my heart! No one told me it would hurt this much when your children are hurting too. I have cried till I'm exhausted. I feel that if death came to claim me, I would not put up a fight. I know my husband is hurt and he is worried about us
both. He is bipolarbut he medication for his condition. I know he wants to do something drastic to
defend his child and it is all I can do to talk him out of it. This is like a nightmare I can't wake up from! I hope you don't take offense by what I am going to say....I only mean it in the most loving and caring way. If your daughter committed a crime, or let's say there was enough evidence that the police thought that she did, you can not blame yourself if you cannot rescue her from the consequences of what she did. Sure the boyfriend was wrong....sure she was hurt as well....but if she broke the law in order to gain some sort of retaliation, then what she did was wrong and you owe it to her to let her face the consequences. Otherwise, she will always expect you to bail her out of her bad situations.
I know it is easy for me to say this since it isn't my child...but you know, deep down, that she has to be accountable for her actions...otherwise she will never grow and learn to be a vital part of society.
Quit beating yourself up and put your energy in helping her see a better direction for her life. You won't be sorry....but then again, that is my humble opinion.
Good luck to you both.
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