Phil and Sandy.  All of us here were hoping right along with you that
Gretchen would seize this opportunity.  God can still work in her life
though, and we'll keep praying.  So glad you are there for the little guys.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:51 PM
Subject: Gretchen is out


> 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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