Hi Kathy,
I can only imagine how hard that must have been for you and Greg.
I am sure it was equally as tough for Chris.
I am praying for all of you.
Huggs and blessings to you.
Virgie At 08:51 AM 5/11/2005, you wrote:

>Hi Guys,
>         Okay, I'm crying now.  Today was awful!  I don't know how many
> more of
>these I'll have to go through, but I hope not many.  To begin with, we were
>the last case to be heard.  Isn't that just always the way of it?  Well,
>the court appointed lawyer went to talk to chris and, of course, chris
>wants to come home so the lawyer  is trying to pressure us to take him home
>because Chris is his client.  But, on the other side of us was the
>probation officer telling us that if Chris comes home, Caleb and Liz might
>get taken away.  Of course, we had to choose them, but we never had a
>chance to talk to Chris.  I couldn't touch him or anything.  The only thing
>that he heard from us was when we were in the court room and the judge
>asked us if we were willing to assume custody.  All Chris heard was Greg
>saying "no," and my sniffling in the background.  then, I heard the chains
>clinking that were on his legs, as they led him away and that was it.  Now
>we have until May 24 to try to get a support team together before he goes
>before the judge again.
>         As soon as I got home, I put a call into the lady who attends our
> church,
>who is the secretary to the director of the facility where Chris is.  I
>told her everything and I begged her to tell the chaplin so that he could
>go and explain what we were up against this morning, to Chris,   and why he
>is still there.  I'm also hoping that the chaplain will call here so that
>we can talk to him directly.
>         Of course, a third concern is that Chris recognize that it is his
> actions
>that have brought us to this point and that he doesn't see our refusing to
>take him back home with us today  as one upmanship, or our way of getting
>back at him or something.  I'm praying that the chaplain can help him see
>that reality as well.  It was so hard to be there and not be able to at
>least give him a hug or something, but that just isn't allowed.
>         Oh guys, I don't want to keep dealing with all this.  I'd like to
> start a
>different chapter in my life or something.
>God bless,
>Kathy
>
>
>
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