Kathy,
You are right being a parent is hard work and sometimes your heart breaks 
watching your children make bad choices.  Huggs and prayers,
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: the latest on Chris


> Phil,
> When I talk to Chris, I get the feeling that he's just hanging on to his 
> wishes by a thread and he just doesn't want to surrender to what he knows 
> is right.  He blames his X roommates for his losses and, while, in a way, 
> they may be to blame, if Chris were willing to just buckle down and start 
> disciplining himself, or, if he had just been willing to abide by our 
> rules and stay home, none of this would have happened.  In other words, he 
> still refuses to make the connection that it is his poor choices and bad 
> behavior that got this whole series of unfortunatte events started in the 
> first place.  Sometimes, as a parent, I get so frustrated because I can 
> see this so clearly and he either can't or won't.  Man it is hard to be a 
> parent.
> Kathy
>
>
>
> At 06:24 PM 6/21/2006, you wrote:
>>Kathy,
>>
>>I am amazed Chris called his dad.  That's great.  Frankly, although 
>>Gretchen
>>was here with our family on Father's day, I can't recall if she wished me 
>>a
>>happy Father's Day or not.  She might have but I don't recall her doing 
>>it.
>>She was at least here.  I'll write a more detailed message about where
>>Gretchen is in her life later but I'm glad Chris called.  He's still
>>learning the hard way but a lot of us do, I'm sad to say.
>>
>>Phil.
>