Kathy,
    As you know you and your family are in my prayers.  Please hang in
there.  I can't imagine how hard it must be for you.  Just keep trusting
God.  He will bring you through.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 2:54 PM
Subject: Chris's day in court


> 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