hugs Kathy hugs Lelia Struve email [log in to unmask] msn [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:54 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 >