Comments | abqstarr: 1 phone call

abqstarr

1 phone call

Nov 27, 2009 00:42

I heard from my 24 year old son today. It's been over a year. In the past it's gone almost 3 years. There was a time I hoped he'd go to college. Now, I'm glad to know he's alive and not in jail. Times change. I've now got his current address so maybe I'll be able to stay in touch for a while. It's very hard not to play the "where did I go ( Read more... )

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princessfrida November 28 2009, 17:39:36 UTC

"where did I go wrong?"

as some1 that has made her parents ask them selves that question hundreds of times, i can say that ultimately it is a choice made by us (the children) and has nothing to do with what our parents did or did not do.

clare_de_lune November 29 2009, 00:04:32 UTC

I have incredible kids. What did i do right? I have NO IDEA. What did i do wrong? I can think of about a million things. Maybe its not us so much as the choices they make? To paraphrase Oprah, we all do the best we can with the tools we have at the time. When we know better, we do better. Dont beat yourself up. Thats an order!