Phil,
As you know the Lord stand ready to help Gretchen the very second that she
will allow it.  I will be saying extra prayers for her and your entire
family.
Huggs and blessings to all of you.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Gretchen


> This isn't a plea for money so don't take this wrongly.
>
> Recently, we have reason to believe, that Gretchen is using drugs again.
> Perhaps not on a daily bases but just occasionally, for her, is way too
> much
> under the circumstances.  She was very depressed when Christopher was
> remanded to another six months in jail due to his lack of compliance.
> Last
> Friday night, she paid us 200 dollars which she owed for rent and other
> things we pay for her.  Sandy left her purse sitting on the kitchen
> counter
> over night.  The next morning, 100 dollars was missing.  That next
> morning,
> Gretchen got up and was happy and cheery, something highly unusual for her
> in the morning, and the next morning, Sunday, I was out in my office about
> 6
> in the morning and Gretchen came upstairs and left the house.  I called
> her
> two hours later to see where she was and she claimed she was cleaning the
> shop where she works with our son.  I asked her why she was doing it at 6
> in
> the morning and she said, Because I couldn't sleep.  Crystal meth keeps
> you
> awake, sometimes for days, depending upon how much, and how often, you use
> it.  Then, after a couple of days, you crash and sleep and sleep and sleep
> and sleep.  Last night, Gretchen crashed and slept all, or most of, the
> evening.  The Lord has replaced the missing 100 dollars already but it is
> Gretchen we are greatly concerned about.  I am also greatly concerned at
> her
> co-dependency of Christopher.  Everyone involved with Gretchen senses
> something is wrong again right now so we likely will be sitting her down
> for
> another little talk.
>
> Phil.
>
>
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