Angel,
Some of what you feel now is because of what you experienced with your
husband. That's why it seems more intense right now.
Phil.
----- Original Message -----
From: "angel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Attention Angel
> Thank you for your prayers and for your kind support. I have never
> experienced anything like this. I thought what I went through with my
> husband was hard but these feelings and this grief is something I have
never
> before experienced.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Attention Angel
>
>
> > Angel,
> >
> > You did everything my wife and I did with our daughter. She was
arrested
> > twice and jailed twice but I refused her calls. She had three felonies
> > and
> > likely would have gone to prison for 10 years but she took all the drug
> > and
> > alcohol classes and she has been clean for a couple of years now. You
did
> > nothing wrong, Angel, but it is far from easy. I cried, couldn't eat,
and
> > my wife and I couldn't sleep off and on for many days that turned into
> > months that turned into years. We pray your son will be ministered to
by
> > someone in the jail so he doesn't have to go through all that.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "angel" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: Attention Angel
> >
> >
> >> I am a real mess. When I first signed the complaint last Saturday at
the
> >> Jail. He phoned me from another part of the jail. He asked me to "get
> > him
> >> out". He called me a couple times while I was going home and we
argued.
> >> After which, his calls were collect. I don't have a conventional home
> >> phone, rather I have a cell phone. If one has such a phone, one must
set
> > up
> >> an account with a third party provider to be able to accept those
calls.
> >> After a couple unsuccessful attempts to call me, it took a while for me
> >> to
> >> figure out this separate account plan that was in place he stopped
trying
> > to
> >> call at all. His last call was Tuesday evening. I found he was to be
> >> released Monday morning. I arranged for the community transit to pick
me
> > up
> >> Sunday to visit him at the jail. In order to get optimal service one
> >> must
> >> schedule a ride at least 5 days in advance. I got a post from someone
on
> >> another list from which I asked for prayer that his charges may have
been
> >> dropped. I called this morning from work to determine the status of
> >> those
> >> charges. They told me he had been transferred to another facility in
> >> another suburb. Of course, it was too late for me to reschedule a ride
> > and
> >> to be sure of service. I called that jail. They told me my son would
> > have
> >> to make an appointment to visit me before they would allow me to see
him.
> >> The only way he could do this would be for him to make a collect call
to
> > me.
> >> I refused to accept those calls earlier in the week. So, I don't think
> >> he
> >> will even attempt such a call. I gave him a bus pass but I gave it to
> >> the
> >> property person at the jail where he originally was. He doesn't know
he
> > has
> >> a bus pass. The buses at his new facility are nearly nonexistent. I
> > called
> >> his cell today to find it is dead. So with no money he wouldn't even
be
> >> able to call the "ride line" to find out when or if there were any
busses
> > to
> >> take him to familiar ground. He doesn't even know he isn't permitted
> >> back
> >> to the house. I arranged with someone to drive me to give him a
calling
> >> card so he can arrange a visit Sunday. I then will arrange with my
> > friend
> >> to pick him up Monday morning. I was just trying to give him some
tough
> >> love when I refused his collect calls. I said I would not pay a cent
to
> >> help him or to have him call so we can argue on the phone. Look where
> > that
> >> has gotten us both. I suppose I am not a very good parent after all.
I
> > am
> >> just glad I called the jail where he originally was this morning else I
> >> would have gone there to find him gone with no way at such a late date
to
> >> even go to pick him up at the new facility.
> >> He would have been stuck there with no way to get to a familiar spot.
> >> Our
> >> Lord has just got to help me. I am not eating because I am not hungry.
> > The
> >> thought f food makes me sick. I can hardly work, and my previously
fine
> >> mobility skills are just going down the toilet because of the stress.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:11 PM
> >> Subject: Attention Angel
> >>
> >>
> >> > Did you get to speak with your son today?
> >> >
> >> > Phil.
> >>
>
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