Hi Kathy,

You definitely are loved! You are so very precious and sweet, and made out
of love, full of love, and so very loving! <squeeze>

I'm praying for you! What's happened to our court system? It's gone to heck
in a hand basket.

God knows the truth, and He is on your side no matter what they say.

Lovingly,
Pat Ferguson


At 01:54 PM 7/12/05, you wrote:
>HI  Guys,
>         Well, I thought that I'd let you know that Chris has had his day in
>court.  Three of the five charges against him were dropped and the felony
>charge involving the knife was reduced to a misdemeanor.  they simply
>removed the part about the use of a knife.  Chris has six months probation,
>in our custody,  with 30 days suspended sentence hanging over his head if
>he blows it.  I guess that I have to take what I can get.  The part that
>hurts the worst, for me, is that all the charges against me were
>dropped.  I would think that choking your mother is worse than throwing a
>tomato at your father, but that's the way it is.  I'm just having to pray
>my way through all of this.  I have been  the  target of the majority of
>chris's anger ever since he turned 13 and now, to have the charges dropped
>again, just feels so dehumanizing to me.  I know that God has seen it all
>and I know that He loves me and that there is a purpose in all of this, but
>I'm pretty down right now.
>         Also, chris did pass his drivers test yesterday so we now have a
> whole new
>series of battles before us.  I don't really feel like saying more now, but
>thanks, as always, for the prayers.
>Kathy