Hi Kathy!
I am so, so, very, very sorry to hear about Chris! If you'd like a
phone call at any time, send me your phone number privately, and I'll
call you. I have unlimited long-distance.
Love you and GOD BLESS,
Reeva Parry
At 07:57 AM 6/24/06 -0400, Kathy Du Bois said:
>Hi Reeva,
> Just to let you know, I originate from the upper peninsula
> of Michigan which is almost an appendage of Wisconsin, so I add my
> welcome to Brad's as an honorary Wisconsinite. Go pack!
> I live in Maine now, with my husband, who is a pastor in a
> small church. You'll probably be hearing more about that over time
> as well since my son Chris, and our church, seem to be the major
> themes in my life at present.
> I actually have four children. Matt, age 20, who is
> working at a Christian summer camp in Michigan; Liz, my 15 year old
> daughter, Caleb, my 9 year old, all round cuty, and then Chris, my
> 18 year old prodigal. Over the years, I have come to this list
> with a lot of my dealings with Chris. He just doesn't like rules,
> or the establishment and has a pretty rebellious nature at
> present. On his 18th birthday, this past November, Chris moved out
> to try to make it on his own. He lived in a low class hotel for a
> while, supporting himself by working at McDonald's. That was
> stressful so he moved in with his girlfriend's family. They are a
> study in immorality itself, which Chris found even more
> stressful. He managed to get kicked out of there and ended up on
> the street and then rooming with a drug dealer, changed jobs
> several times and, finally got picked up by this community action
> program called, Life, which is very loose and poorly supervised,
> but he has a roof over his head rent free and he gets $50 toward
> groceries per week. He dropped out of school and claims that he is
> near to taking his G.E.D., but I don't know if that is true. He
> claims to want to go into the military because he wants to gain
> self discipline. In truth, he's still looking for someone bigger
> than him to help him behave. One thing that he really hated about
> living at home was that we made him face responsibility and were
> trying to help him grow up. He thought that we were just mean and
> unreasonable. Sometimes, from statements that he has made, I
> believe he has some regrets about acting so rashly, but his heart
> hasn't changed and he and we know it, so he's on his own.
> There you go, four years in a nut shell.
>Kathy
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