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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