only God and the mother know this.
I am that mother! I think of the mothers whenever I see someone in this kind of trouble too. But are they in trouble? This is what I struggle with now - is their way of life worse than my own? It's judgmental to think so. Some of them are happier living that way than they would be if they had houses, jobs, bills, insurance, repairs and relatives.
They might not think they are in trouble and maybe they are happy with the way they live and the things they do, but I was talking about how their mother feels and how others talk about them to her. I am also that mother and have spent many nights crying myself to sleep. I am sorry to hear that you also experienced this and from one mother to another, I feel your pain.
I love your spirit of tolerance and compassion!
... it is a mess but no one else can see it. We decided to leave it alone and not report them being there because it is well off the beaten path and they have not bothered us.
For a mother to know her child is homeless -
In "Breaking Bad," Jesse's parents kept telling him he couldn't come home due to his drug habits ("you'll corrupt your little brother").
In real life, I've known parents who allowed their brilliant, talented, and gifted son to do time in jail for his drug addiction, which began during his freshman year at Vanderbilt (he squandered a full ride). Twice the guy OD'd and had to be revived with Narcan. Now he's married and working full time and playing jazz gigs with an indie band that's building a reputation.
Twice, he was clinically dead. Twice, he revived.
My heart aches for all the mothers whose children did not make it....
Thanks for this post, @myjob, and @owasco for reblogging it!
Thank you, I would say it comes from having a child who has lived this way but I was like this when mine were very young, I just feel it more now.
A few days ago my son was on the river shore and saw a young man who had Overdosed, he said he was giving him CPR and someone came with the Narcan thing and gave it to him but he did not come around, he kept giving CPR until the ambulance arrived. The next day he called the hospital to check on him but they would not tell him anything, but they told him that no one around that age had passed away. My heart goes out to his parents, especially his mother.
Your son, giving CPR to a stranger, an overdose victim - God bless him!
And no deaths in that age group reported, so chances are good, your son saved that man's life.
Your family is awesome. You know that. :)
Thank you for saying that but I think it is something anyone would have done. Don't get me wrong, I am very proud of him, my family is not any different than most families, it is just so many of us and something is always going on.