Kathy,
    I will continue praying for Chris.  Whatever you do don't give up on
him.  I know he is out of your hands right now but he's not out of God's.  I
will continue keeping him in my prayers.  Maybe eventually he will learn
from his mistakes.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:46 AM
Subject: In other matters,


> Just in case any of you were wondering about the latest about
> Christopher, he's lucky that he's not living here any more because I
> would have a very hard time fighting the urge to wring his
> neck!   GRRR.  For those of you who don't know, that's parent talk
> for, "I'm frustrated!!!"
>         He called me on Saturday evening, around 11:00 pm. to let me know
> that his wallet has been stolen, again.  He's out his rent money.  I
> suspect his girl friend's little brother, and I believe Chris does
> too, , again for the second time, but   You should have heard his
> girl friend protesting and protecting her little brother  in the
> background.  Blood is definitely thicker than morality in that house,
> but considering the family's history, blood is about all they've got!
>           Then, we got a call around 6:00 am on Sunday morning from
> McDonalds.  One of Chris's coe workers was looking for him.  Chris
> had borrowed his car for the night.  Evidently, this guy was working
> the night shift.  Anyway, Chris was more than a half hour overdue for
> returning it.  So, let's see, Chris has no insurance and, with his
> wallet missing, he has no license, but he's driving someone
> else's  car and, since he probably didn't get caught, he can go on
> believing that he has done nothing wrong.
>         Chris actually called home again on Sunday afternoon, but he
refused
> to answer any questions or give out any information.  I'm assuming
> that the car must have been returned at some point, but Chris
> wouldn't say.  He basicly reminded me that I wasn't responsible for
> him any more and hung up on me.  I"m angry more than anything at the
> fact that Chris can just continue to get away with this stupidity
> because there are bigger fish to fry, so to speak, in the legal system;.
>         In the news right now, here in main, is a case of a trucker who
> killed a woman last summer.  He had 63 prior traffic violations and
> 22 license suspensions, but the courts were only going to charge him
> with a misdemeanor until, finally, this weekend, his blood results
> came back and they found traces of pot in it.  Now, finally, he will
> face man slaughter charges, but this could have been prevented if
> someone had wanted to take his behavior more seriously so much
> earlier.    So I know that, unless God moves in some very mysterious
> ways, chris could be headed down that same road of just laughing at
> our justice system and it makes me angry because I know that he is so
> much more capable than that!
> Kathy