Kathy, I can understand a wrong turn, but a wrong turn taking an hour?  I
am not saying you should do anything about it, but I just wonder about the
rest of the hour.

earlier, Kathy Du Bois, wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>         Chris had a close scare Saturday night and I just have to share
> it because
>it shows the awesome creativity of our heavenly Father.  You know, some of
>this just has to be from the Lord, because I would never even think of
>these things.  It just goes to show what a boaring parent I must be when it
>comes to discipline.
>         Chris was really pretty decent this weekend.   I mean, he behaved
> fairly
>well and we got along okay.  He even offered to make the pizza on Saturday
>evening, something that he hasn't done for at least two years, because he
>knew that we were upset about some stuff going on with our oldest son
>Matthew and we had to do some parenting in that direction; if you can
>parent long distance.  Anyway, after dinner, Chris wanted to go to Nicki's
>house.  Where else?  Greg took him there in the van so that they could take
>the bike along and then Chris was willing to come home on the bike.  Chris
>has been pretty good about respecting our curfew so we decided to give him
>an extra hour on Saturday evening and say that he could come home at
>midnight instead of 11:00 pm.  Well, at 1:00 am.  Chris showed up in our
>bedroom and said, "Mom, Dad, there's a cop here.  He wants to talk to
>you."  Oh, what a way to wake up!!
>         Well, out went Greg in his pajamas, and, guess what, it was the same
>officer that arrested Chris a month ago.  This time, however, Chris dropped
>the attitude.  Good boy and he acted very subdued.
>         The officer had seen Chris riding on the road and turn into our
> driveway
>so he decided to check it out.  He parked his crewser right behind where
>Chris parked the bike and told Chris that he wanted to talk to us.  Into
>our living room he came, at 1:00 am.  Wow!    The cop wanted to see if
>Chris was violating a curfew and he also asked a bunch of questions about
>how Chris is doing on his conditional release.  Whew!  Chris is lucky that
>he has been behaving himself!  Even though he was late, Greg let it slide
>and said that things were okay.  The officer also pointed out that Chris
>should have lights on his bike for night riding.  We got some lights for
>him yesterday.  We do feel that that is our responsibility since, if Chris
>were ticketed for improper lighting on his bicycle, we'd have to pay the
>fine anyway.
>         After the officer left, Chris was just shocked.  He said, "what
> are the
>chances that it would be the same police officer?"  Greg was able to point
>out that, obviously, the chances are pretty good.  Chris can now reflect on
>the fact that he is known and being watched by the legal profession.  It's
>not just us any more.
>         Chris explained that, without lights, he accidently took a wrong
> turn on
>the way home and that's why he was late.  He took Greg back to the spot
>yesterday afteernoon and showed Greg what he did to make a mistake.  Greg
>said that it is believable so, we're willing to let it go unless we learn
>otherwise.
>         Now, today, Chris is working for a neighbor, which means that he'll
>probably have some spending money again.  After last week, I'm nervice
>about that, but I'm learning to just keep praying and trusting in God who
>sees all.  Chris is pretty much beyond our controll, but he's not beyond
>God's.  I guess that I'm just tired of the roller coaster, but I'd better
>get used to it because there are probably more twists and turns to come.  I
>hope that my stomach can hold out!  GRIN!
>Kathy


John