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The mother of the boy who stayed with me this winter (my kids' older brother's mom). He isn't with me now, he went home, she came to get him the week after Easter, so at least he had a few weeks with her.
Her two older sons were mad at her and have been treating her very harshly since she left her husband and started seeing another man. She was very happy when she died (car wreck), had a lovely mother's day she said.
I haven't been able to reach the boy...I've left him messages, called his grandparents (who aren't picking up yet). Poor, poor boys....the one I had was closest to her, and this is going to ruin him.
Sorry for your loss, I lost a friend of mine this past weekend also to cancer, she had 2 young girls.
I've lost all my best friends. One was shot in the face (murdered), another died of a heroin overdose and the other died in a car accident...
10+ acquaintances of mine passed, mostly from drug overdoses.
I was 15 years old when my first best buddy was murdered - it was really difficult for me to deal with, I cried for a good 2-3 hours straight.
I can't imagine what those kids are feeling right now...... It kills your soul when someone you love dies....
Sorry for your loss, I lost a friend of mine this past weekend also to cancer, she had 2 young girls.
I've lost all my best friends. One was shot in the face (murdered), another died of a heroin overdose and the other died in a car accident...
10+ acquaintances of mine passed, mostly from drug overdoses.
I was 15 years old when my first best buddy was murdered - it was really difficult for me to deal with, I cried for a good 2-3 hours straight.
I can't imagine what those kids are feeling right now...... It kills your soul when someone you love dies....
I am sorry for your loss, I have had friends die in the past but not nearly as much as you, a family friend of mine died about 7 years ago from a heroin overdose. A kid that I got into 2 fights in high school and totally beat his ass also died from a heroin overdose coincidentally, that was like 10 years ago though. My friend who died from cancer her kids were very young, the oldest was 8 and the youngest is barely 2, they will basically grow up not knowing their mother.
I've lost all my best friends. One was shot in the face (murdered), another died of a heroin overdose and the other died in a car accident...
10+ acquaintances of mine passed, mostly from drug overdoses.
I was 15 years old when my first best buddy was murdered - it was really difficult for me to deal with, I cried for a good 2-3 hours straight.
I can't imagine what those kids are feeling right now...... It kills your soul when someone you love dies....
I am sorry for your loss, I have had friends die in the past but not nearly as much as you, a family friend of mine died about 7 years ago from a heroin overdose. A kid that I got into 2 fights in high school and totally beat his ass also died from a heroin overdose coincidentally, that was like 10 years ago though. My friend who died from cancer her kids were very young, the oldest was 8 and the youngest is barely 2, they will basically grow up not knowing their mother.
Well, I really wasn't that shocked about my buddy who died from the heroin OD (I stopped hanging out with him when he started using heroin daily), The one who died in the car accident was always reckless..... But my buddy that got shot in the face, that is a different story. Me and his brother were best friends since we were 4 years old (he was 6), so me and his brother grew up together. He was actually set up to be murdered by his drivers ed instructor (seriously)... They stopped at a stop sign and a dude walked up to the car and put a 38 slug in his face at point-blank range (gang related). The sad part is (at 17) he just had a kid. Well a few years later the mother of the Kid (his babies mom) got AIDS, and his brother (my other best friend) did something really messed up (in 1997) and he's been in prison ever since (he will be out in November)..
Sorry for your loss, I lost a friend of mine this past weekend also to cancer, she had 2 young girls.
I've lost all my best friends. One was shot in the face (murdered), another died of a heroin overdose and the other died in a car accident...
10+ acquaintances of mine passed, mostly from drug overdoses.
I was 15 years old when my first best buddy was murdered - it was really difficult for me to deal with, I cried for a good 2-3 hours straight.
I can't imagine what those kids are feeling right now...... It kills your soul when someone you love dies....
Sorry for your loss, I lost a friend of mine this past weekend also to cancer, she had 2 young girls.
I've lost all my best friends. One was shot in the face (murdered), another died of a heroin overdose and the other died in a car accident...
10+ acquaintances of mine passed, mostly from drug overdoses.
I was 15 years old when my first best buddy was murdered - it was really difficult for me to deal with, I cried for a good 2-3 hours straight.
I can't imagine what those kids are feeling right now...... It kills your soul when someone you love dies....
Sounds like you hang out with a tough crowd.
I am sorry for your loss, I have had friends die in the past but not nearly as much as you, a family friend of mine died about 7 years ago from a heroin overdose. A kid that I got into 2 fights in high school and totally beat his ass also died from a heroin overdose coincidentally, that was like 10 years ago though. My friend who died from cancer her kids were very young, the oldest was 8 and the youngest is barely 2, they will basically grow up not knowing their mother.
Well, I really wasn't that shocked about my buddy who died from the heroin OD (I stopped hanging out with him when he started using heroin daily), The one who died in the car accident was always reckless..... But my buddy that got shot in the face, that is a different story. Me and his brother were best friends since we were 4 years old (he was 6), so me and his brother grew up together. He was actually set up to be murdered by his drivers ed instructor (seriously)... They stopped at a stop sign and a dude walked up to the car and put a 38 slug in his face at point-blank range (gang related). The sad part is (at 17) he just had a kid. Well a few years later the mother of the Kid (his babies mom) got AIDS, and his brother (my other best friend) did something really messed up (in 1997) and he's been in prison ever since (he will be out in November)..
Wow thats alot of stuff to deal with, sounds like you have lost quite a few people close to you.
Sorry for your loss, I lost a friend of mine this past weekend also to cancer, she had 2 young girls.
I've lost all my best friends. One was shot in the face (murdered), another died of a heroin overdose and the other died in a car accident...
10+ acquaintances of mine passed, mostly from drug overdoses.
I was 15 years old when my first best buddy was murdered - it was really difficult for me to deal with, I cried for a good 2-3 hours straight.
I can't imagine what those kids are feeling right now...... It kills your soul when someone you love dies....
Sounds like you hang out with a tough crowd.
Given the speed with which he reoffended last time..I'd say cut him loose.
That's the advice I'd give my sons (and have).
And it's advice I would (and have) follow(ed).
I hear ya. I know exactly what you're going through.
That's sort of the dilemma I was facing with my stepson...I think he can come around, and I think I could do it...but at what price to my younger kids? So I sent him home.
And I'm glad I did at this point, thank goodness he got to spend some time with his mom.
Who knows, it might be a good thing for your friend if you do that.
Well, I really wasn't that shocked about my buddy who died from the heroin OD (I stopped hanging out with him when he started using heroin daily), The one who died in the car accident was always reckless..... But my buddy that got shot in the face, that is a different story. Me and his brother were best friends since we were 4 years old (he was 6), so me and his brother grew up together. He was actually set up to be murdered by his drivers ed instructor (seriously)... They stopped at a stop sign and a dude walked up to the car and put a 38 slug in his face at point-blank range (gang related). The sad part is (at 17) he just had a kid. Well a few years later the mother of the Kid (his babies mom) got AIDS, and his brother (my other best friend) did something really messed up (in 1997) and he's been in prison ever since (he will be out in November)..
Wow thats alot of stuff to deal with, sounds like you have lost quite a few people close to you.
Yeah, but it was a long time ago. I cleaned my life up, got an education and am not the same kid I was back then. Honestly, I'm not even sure if I want anything to do with my buddy when he gets out of prison in November. Hes just been in for too long (15 years) and I don't know if he could even assimilate to my present lifestyle.... Realistically hes been in prison longer than I have known him on the outside (or free) world, but it still doesn't change the fact that he is almost like a brother to me and a son to my parents.
It's a real difficult situation with that guy, I mean I sill love him like a brother and he has little to no family to go to when he is released, but if I do let him back into my life he will definitely have to be different than who he was when he went in..... He was briefly out in 2000 but he caught a new case 8 months later and was sentenced to 16 years. He just has a habit with hanging with the wrong people. Considering he spent half his life in prison I would think he is pretty much "institutionalized."
Considering his release is in November It's been on my mind - what the right thing to do would be with him, especially if he has no where to go.
The last thing I want is him coming to me for help and a place to say and then he hooks back up with the same dude that got him into trouble in the first place.....
IDK...
Given the speed with which he reoffended last time..I'd say cut him loose.
That's the advice I'd give my sons (and have).
And it's advice I would (and have) follow(ed).
Yeah, I'm leaning in that direction 90%.....
It will still hurt a lot considering this kid is like family, I mean I have known him longer than I have known my sister (24) and brother (21).... Hell I have known this guy 28 years and I'm 32.
I'm thinking if he can walk a straight line for a year or two, I will certainly welcome him back into the family and so will my parents.
My parents wanted to adopt the kid when he was about 7 or 8 because he came from a broken home.... Every time his name comes up my mom always said "we should have adopted him."
He's had a rough and tough life and it is very-very sad what he has gone through.