Kathy,

I'm praying for you and for your safety being there with Chris almost alone
or without Greg.

If you were here, I could try to help you pick up yur stitches. Been there,
done that. It's not fun picking up a whole bunch of stitches. I'm praying
someone comes over to help you do that and gives you some company as well.

Love,
Pat Ferguson

At 08:01 AM 4/28/05, you wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>         Well, Chris's latest obsession is a girl.  I don't think that I
> need to
>lay out what the concerns are here.  Her name is Nicki.  Her older brother
>is in jail for, aledgedly raping his youngest sister, which,  of course, is
>not true. (wink, wink!)    Last night, chris wanted to go to Nicki's house
>after work, around 8:00 pm, but we said know because it was a school
>night.  Well, Romeo, took off in the rain, on his bike, in the dark, and
>then had the audacity to call us at 11:30 pm for a ride home.  We said,
>"no."  He was home this morning,but we have no idea how.  Nicki's mother
>thinks that Chris is just wonderful, a much better choice than Nicki's
>first boy friend.  This girl is only 15 and she is not a virgin and she's
>already trying to kick the smoking habit.  What a life!  Anyway, Chris
>prefers her home because the parents get drunk together and have
>fun.  We're too straight laced.  Ah, as you can tell, we're not out of the
>woods yet!  Hat's off to me though.  I went to bed last night and didn't
>fret.  In fact, I finally had to talk to God and ask the holy spirit to
>pray appropriately because I was just too angry to be decent and not
>vengeful.  For me, that's a step in the right direction!  Chris's probation
>officer gave him a lecture about fatherhood yesterday, but it probably went
>in one ear and out the other.  Oh you guys, I"m just so vexed!  How's that!
>         To make matters worse, Greg is away for two days at a conference
> so I'm
>handling the home front alone.  Please pray for my safety and sanity.  The
>knitting is really helping me to stay calm, except that, last night, the
>phone wrang and, I didn't have it with me and had to run to get it.  Darius
>seized his chance and, well, I've dropped a bunch of stitches and now I
>have to wait for someone to come over and help me fix it.  Darius is so
>happy that I've taken up knitting!!  GRIN!  It's something that we do
>together!
>Kathy