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July 10, 2007, 10:10 pm PDT
Todays show
So I just got done watching the show a couple hours ago and...wow...I still cannot believe that was me and my family on there. I really appreciate the people who have responded to our segment and have been supportive and understanding. While the show did shed light on that really crappy part of our lives, it is not who were are 24/7 as people. I know my mother has made mistakes and made many wrong choices.....but she has a very big heart and is very unselfish in most matters in her life. She would give us the world if she could...but the fact is alot in her life has gone wrong and it has been a very crappy road for her.....in fact I admire her for being where she is now and still being a loving women with great thought towards others. That being said......yeah....she messed up. Bad. But when I wrote the letter to Dr.Phil ( I am the one who was scared of becoming like her....not the one who had the car loan) this was a year before the show ever called us....and the situation was much worse then. When I wrote she did not have a job and the house we lived in was paid for by my grandparents. When the show was taped and we were contacted for it, she had already had a steady job for months and was close to on the right track. There were a few bumps.....just like anyone who has been at the bottom.....but she has overcome in the best she possibly could.
I am not saying my mom is innocent...,I am defenitly saying I am innocent. But I think we are for sure on the right track......we are all in a better place now. I have since moved to Florida to restablish my goals and work at a better paying job......my sister is doing great in school....and my mom is paying rent in a new place and doing better at paying all the bills ON HER OWN.
I thank Dr.Phil and all his AMAZING staff for bringing us there and treating us so nicely (for the most part)..... thank you for taking an interest in our lives and attempting to help us become better people. Ultimately we will get through this because we are good people and we are strong.
Good luck to both other familys that were on this show.....I support you all and I wish great futures for you all! Thank you for YOUR bravery of coming on this show and confronting something that is not easy to confront on national television. Alot of people couldnt do it. And I wont ever forget my experience on this show or with you all.....
Good luch to any other families out there who stuggle with the same type of issues that we all struggle with. We are all human and we are in this together!
Thanks everyone :)
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