Phil, I am thankful that our Lord is with you and Sandy in your anguish,
disappointments and grief.  I wonder if Gretchen thinks prison might be
better because she may be able to get drugs, there?

earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
>Gretchen is home now because she checked herself out of the drug rehab
>program sometime last Sunday.  She came home today, Tuesday, so you can
>guess where she was for the last 48 hours or so.  I was disappointed but not
>so surprised.  I was hoping this would be the place she would take a stand
>in her life, if for no other reason, for the sake of her children.  Now she
>will go before the diversionary board and this board will decide if she can
>be allowed to try the rehab center again or if she goes to jail, that is,
>prison.  She cannot return to the court and go before a judge because she
>signed a document saying she would no longer have access to the court system
>until her sentence was carried out.  In this case, it was a two year
>diversionary program she had to fulfill or be remanded to prison to serve a
>term from 5 to 10 years.  I believe the actual prison time may possibly be
>set by a judge who reviews her status but that is more of a guess.  Why did
>she leave the program?  Well, Gretchen has very bad teeth due to the drug
>usage.  She has lots of pain when not high on drugs and she claims they
>would not get her help from a dentist.  We have since checked with the
>Salvation Army program and they said that is false.  They said they have to
>provide for their medical needs when they are in their care.  Gretchen most
>likely just needed a fix and used her teeth as an excuse.  Plus, she has
>already lied about the whole thing more than once today.  So it is back to
>square one and this time, of course, it may very well be cell block number
>one instead of square one.  I don't know how I feel about having a daughter
>in prison but I am old enough to process it, if and when, it comes.  The
>little boys, however, are not old enough to process something that big so I
>thank the Lord we are in their lives and can help them through something
>that difficult.  I'm about ready to kick the devil in the teeth though.
>
>Phil.
>
>
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John

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